Simply: Easy everyday dishes (Persiana)
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘I have been looking forward to Sabrina Ghayour’s new book, Simply, ever since I knew she was writing it… Every page is an invitation to cook.’ – Nigella Lawson
‘Packed with the Iranian-born cook’s trademark Persian flavours’ – The Herald
‘The food has immediate “eat me” appeal’ – Diana Henry, Sunday Telegraph’s 20 Best Cookbooks To Buy This Autumn
Easy. Everyday. Simple.
Sabrina Ghayour’s new collection of unmissable dishes in her signature style, influenced by her love of fabulous flavours, is full of delicious food that can be enjoyed with a minimum of fuss. With sections ranging from Effortless Eating to Traditions With a Twist, Simply provides over 100 bold and exciting recipes that can be enjoyed every day of the week.
CONTENTS
Chapter one: Effortless Eating
Including Spiced carrot & tamarind soup; Date & ginger chicken wings; Baked sweet potato & za’atar chips; Spring onion salad
Chapter two: Traditions with a Twist
Including Green hummus; Kabab koobideh; Persian tahchin; Tahdig e macaroni; Mamen Maleh’s borscht; Adas polow
Chapter three: The Melting Pot
Including Steak tartines with tarragon & paprika butter; Chilled pistachio & cucumber soup; Ghayour house chicken kari
Chapter four: Something Special
Including Spiced pork wraps with green apple salsa; Firecracker prawns; Green & black-eyed bean baklava; Mushroom dumplings
Chapter five: Cakes, Bakes & Sweet Treats
Including Stuffed dates with torched goats’ cheese; Lime & black pepper frozen yogurt; Tahini, almond & orange brownies
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (20 Aug. 2020), Mitchell Beazley |
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| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 240 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1784725161 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1784725167 |
| Dimensions | 19.4 x 2.8 x 25 cm |
by ch86
This was bought as a gift so I haven’t cooked anything from the book however the recipes are laid out well and all look appealing. My friend was very happy with her gift
by Amazon Customer
Love sabrinas recipes
by Paul simpson
Saw it on Sunday Morning cooking on BBC, looked interesting, easy to do
Tastes great
by Jasmine
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Bought and gifted to my mother who has a Sabina Ghayour collection! It’s a beautiful book, print quality is lovely, photos are great vibrancy (not like some cookbooks that seem to have this bleak print/colour). Interesting collection of recipes from what I’ve seen. I hadn’t seen my mum so excited about a cookbook before… And I haven’t since ????
by Rosemary Standeven
This is the second cookbook by Sabrina Ghayour that I have bought. While ‘Persiana’ (as the title suggests) is specifically about Iranian food, this book is more Persian and Turkish (and other cuisines) inspired cooking, often adapted to suit the availability of ingredients in Europe, and to be straightforward to prepare and cook.
The book is subtitled ‘easy, everyday dishes’, and for most of the recipes that is true. We did have one disaster – the ‘Tahdig e Makaroni’ looked fantastic in the book, a mince sauce encased in a spaghetti mould, but was impossible to get right. We ended up with something that looked like spaghetti Bolognese, but did not taste as good.
However, that was the exception. Overall, we tried twenty of the recipes. Eight we considered excellent, and another eight were very nice. Most of those we would like to repeat – with one proviso. My husband who does all the actual cooking, serving, dishes and cleaning up, has placed a ban on the use of turmeric. It is a real shame, as the ‘Turmeric chicken kebabs’ made with a yoghurt and fresh turmeric marinade, was excellent, and the left-over marinade made very tasty chard patties – but also a real mess in the kitchen. I’ll wait a few months, and maybe try again if he has forgotten..
One of my favourite recipes was the ridiculously simple ‘Tepsi kebap’, minced lamb cooked in a shallow dish. Slightly more involved, but every bit as good were the ‘Ghayour house chicken kari’ and ‘Fish, okra & tamarind stew’. From the very nice ‘Crispy prawns with a mango & tomato dip’, I used the left-over prawn coating with added egg to cover some ox liver before sauteing it – outstanding.
There were a number of very tasty salads, such as ‘Sweetcorn, black bean and avocado salad’, ‘Cauliflower & Asparagus black rice salad’; Smoked aubergine, tomato, tamarind and peanut salad’, ‘Tomato & peanut salad with tamarind, ginger & honey dressing’, ); ‘Carrot, pistachio & dill salad with lime & honey dressing’, ‘Tomato & peanut salad with tamarind, ginger & honey dressing’ as well as ‘Green Hummus’, and hot dishes of ‘Pomegranate shallots’ and ‘Charred courgettes with lemon, oregano and pul biber’ that were every bit as good cold the next day.
Each of the recipes comes with personal comments from the author – origins, how she found/adapted it, and some tips or possible substitutions. There is also suggestion of other recipes in the book that would be “simply delicious with” it, as well as full page photos of the finished food.
I did find some of the recipes a bit sweet for my taste, and tended to cut the sugar content by at least half. I also used crushed fresh garlic instead of the stated garlic granules.
I didn’t try any of the ‘Cakes, Bakes and Sweet Treats” section, as I tend to prefer savoury dishes, though did make the ‘Coriander & feta spiced loaf’.
There are lots of very interesting and tasty recipes in this book, and I’m sure everyone who loves food will find inspiration here.
by Jo
Bought for a friend as a leaving present so obviously I needed to check it out – I ended up buying one for myself!
by peter upton
No wonder this is a best seller. A range of accessible recipes, well documented and beautifully presented. Combining stories about food and some history it’s immensely satisfying cook book. Brill
by Jasmine
Xmas gift, no complaints x