The Marathi cookbook For someone who likes to cook, reading and buying cookbooks follows naturally. When it comes to Maharashtrian cooking, if you randomly survey some Marathi people and ask them to name one cookbook they know or use, I can predict the result quite accurately, if I say so. The answer has to be 'Ruchira'. 'Ruchira' is a Maharashtrian cookbook, written in Marathi by Kamalabai Ogle, and published in 1970, when she was sixty years old. According to the cover of the book, a record was established when more than 150000 copies of the book were sold within 20 years of its publication, unparalled by any other non-fiction book.

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As far as I know this is the oldest known documentation of Marathi recipes, but would definitely like to know if there is anything available that dates earlier. Here is a link to.

In it, she is quoted about the encouragement she received from her husband, who wrote the recipes as she narrated them to him, so I am not sure whether she was able to write or not. Given that, it is easy to forgive the lack of quantities and precision in some of her recipes, which is a complaint I heard from someone about the book. In fact, most women I know from those days never prioritized quantities. They believed in 'this much' of this and that. However, many recipes actually have fairly accurate measurements, if only in terms of spoons and katoris and some archaic terms like 'ser'. Honestly, I wasn't exactly thrilled with 'Ruchira' when it was probably the only cookbook or food resource I had to refer to.

At that time, I did not possess the tools to make a ginger-garlic paste, or any other kind of paste, most ingredients in the book were hard to find, and I did not even know what some of the ingredients meant. Those were the dark ages - pre-search engines and even pre-browsers. It was all my fault, then, I realize. While this is a book that is supposed to guide the novice cook, I warmed up to it only after I had honed my basic cooking skills. Over time, I came to rely on it to stir up something that took me closer to my roots, or to look up something old-fashioned. I have used Volumes 1 and 2 extensively now, making notes about what I should or should not do, what worked, and what quantities would be best for recipes where there are none.

The English translation The same article I linked above mentions that the book was translated into English, and ever since I read that, I was in search of the English language book for several reasons. When I finally got a copy though, it was a bit of a letdown. The great thing about it is that it makes many common Marathi recipes accessible to those who do not read Marathi, and is overall well written. However, the English version has only around 100 recipes, which is a small fraction of the two original volumes. So while I would recommend it those interested in trying out Maharashtrian cooking, I would also add a note of caution of how it barely scratches the surface.

Since I will eventually write about dishes that were based on recipes from the original Ruchira, I felt it was only appropriate that I write about these books before I embark on those posts. Adapted Recipes Volume 1 Volume 2.

Anonymous said. 'Grahinimitra or Hazaar paakriya' is one of the oldest Marathi language cookbook that was written by Mrs. It has 485 pages of recipes, plus index pages which makes a total of 509 pages.

The date of publication is listed as October 13, 1910. Published by Balwant Book Bhandar of Girgaum, Bombay. My mother had the earlier version and she used it to cook for us. The one I have is the 16th edition printed in December of 1968 and the cost was Rs.10. My feeling is that the method of organization of the recipes is the order she wrote them sometimes by the type of vegetables or types of ladoos etc.

However the index is very nice and useful. I used it as a new bride and still use it when I really want to find out or confirm the ingredients or the authenticity of some dishes.The measurements are in sher, chatak and sometimes in teaspoons and dessert spoons -not consistent. One can follow the recipes after gaining cooking experience. Not for a novice cook to learn how to cook as the author assumes a cook's savvy or insight in the kitchen which is absent as a novice. There are terms like use 2 bunches of onions (available in Crawford Market). So the author assumed you were living in Bombay(Mumbai) or had access to the famous market and doesn't specify what makes a bunch of onions. She also used terms like mirchi(chillies) worth 2 Annas(the currency used in that era).In a way she did not forecast for the current inflation!!!

Anyway, I will not part with my copy. I love it and will always treasure it. The author was very advanced and learned for her time. PBP, I like Mangala Barve's book too, and I have both the Marathi and English versions of Annapoorna. The few recipes I have tried from it turned out very good.

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The English one is a true translation unlike Ruchira's English version which is only a small selection of the popular recipes, in a slightly different format. It is difficult to recommend a single book for basic Maharashtrian cooking, but both Ruchira and Annapoorna are good to start with. Ruta Kahate's 5 spice 50 dishes isn't specifically Maharashtrian, but very slanted in that direction, and the recipes are simplified to suit an international audience, and approachable. To complement the books are of course a lot of wonderful blogs, which can be great resources for homestyle recipes and adaptations. Even when there is time to cook, there isn't always time to photograph it or write about it in great detail. So I have a parallel blog to capture unfinished posts, random thoughts, notes, and sometimes badly taken pictures which weren't exactly meant to be show-cased. There will be little to no proof-reading, and much less stress.

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If this main blog is the dining room, then think of the other one as the kitchen. It is called and is open by subscription, so if you would like to take a peek, send me an email to evolvingtastesatgmaildotcom, and I will add you to the list.

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Hello Ananthalakshmi Thank you for writing to me. It depends on which recipe you are trying. Like for misal (- You can use mixed beans like mung, rajma, kabuli chana, black chana, dried black peas, dried green peas, chawli etc Jowar is usually used for making bhakri (roti) - You can make bhakri using rice flour, bajra flour, raagi flour etc (the taste of each flour will be different though) If you give some specifics, I will be able to give more options according to the recipe.