The Kerala Kitchen, Expanded Edition

“A delightful, evocative, sumptuous menu, redolent offresh green paddy fields, coconut palms swaying in the breeze, and the pungentspices of the Malabar coast …mouth-watering and heart-warming!”

—Shashi Tharoor

Former UN Undersecretary General and author of The Great Indian Novel

“I have never read acookbook from cover to cover in one sitting, but then The Kerala Kitchen is so much more than a cookbook: It istravelogue, memoir and food diary. What better way to understand the communityof Syrian Christians of Kerala—my community—than through our appetites. Iwas transported back to my grandmother’s kitchen and I could hear the mustardseeds bursting and smell the delicious curries brewing in the clay pots sheheated on a stove that was no more than a tripod of bricks with coconut husksas fuel. The Kerala Kitchen is a must … the easy and elegantly describedrecipes, the primer on spices and their uses, make these dishes accessible toall. Enjoy!”

—Abraham Verghese

author of The Covenant of Water

“Here you will find clear recipes for the best of Kerala’s fine foods, written with great love by someone who has been a part of that culinary tradition since birth.”

–Madhur Jaffrey

“The Kerala Kitchen is that most marvelous ofcookbooks—where the stories are as good as the recipes. It makes me hungry, andit makes me want to travel to the Kerala that Lathika George conjures soevocatively. This is a book that is for anyone who’s interested in India, or ineating well.”

—Suketu Mehta,

author of Maximum City

Lathika George is a Bombay-born SyrianChristian who moved to Kerala during her teens. A culinary enthusiast and organic gardener, she writes about food, farming and environmental issues. Lathika is also the author of Mother Earth, Sister Seed: Travels through India’s Farmlands. She lives in Kodaikanal in South India.

Abraham Verghese is a physician and writer and holds the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professorship at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. He is the author of the bestselling novel, Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water.