Madhur Jaffrey's Instantly Indian Cookbook: Modern and Classic Recipes for the Instant Pot(r)

I really feel that i have to defend this cook book. As i recent purchaser of an Instant Pot and a lover of Indian food I preordered this. I have made two things so far. The instructions are straight forward, easy to follow and have made delicious meals. Looking at the negative reviews -its for an Instant Pot, the directions are easy if you have one. Yes, the recipes have a lot of ingredients-i for one have made hundreds of curries and most are the same-i have all the ones she uses and more. Rick Steins India has more complex directions and ingredients.It has beautiful pictures. My only negative is i would have liked more recipes for what i paid but so far, delicious, healthy, quick easy food with easy to follow instructions-Just what i want. Just remember to have a separate seal especially for cooking curries. I use the red one for cooking any curry in my IP. I like this book, a lot.

I've made several recipes from this book and all have been wonderful. She teaches us westerners how to combine spices and how to use our beloved Instant Pots almost like a musical instrument - combining steam, sautee, pressure, slow cook, etc to get the very best from our ingredients and gadget. This one cookbook where I want to make every recipe, because all the ones I've tried to date have been super. You MUST also make her garam masala mix <smile>

I was also surprised to see the bad reviews! I was struggling to find recipes for my instant pot as online resources are too US-focused and I couldn't find a recipe book I liked. As I'm a big fan of Madhur Jaffrey I was very pleased when I saw she was doing an instant pot book. I did have to buy a set of cup measurements, but they only cost a couple of pounds. So far I've made four recipes and they've all turned out very well. In particular the Buttery Dahl is to die for, seriously scrumptious and incredibly easy to make. There's also very helpful instructions for boiling eggs in the pot, ok there are (contradictory) recipes for this everywhere, but this one really works and the eggs are perfect, better than making them on the hob. I make a batch every week and take them to work for a snack. I'm looking forward to cooking more from this book.

I bought an instantpot especially for use with this book. Jaffrey doesn’t disappoint. Very authentic meals created in minutes.

I find American measures a pain to work with. The point of using a pressure cooker is to save time but the recipes I have looked at have a LOT of ingredients, just getting them together rather negates the whole point of using a pressure cooker in my view. I have returned the book for a refund.

Lovely collection of curries

Have been a fan for decades. This was definitely not her best effort, not many recipes and very Americanised. Going back.

Rubbish. No new recipes just rehashed dated. Also be aware dedicated to pressure cooking techniques.