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Summers Under the Tamarind Tree
What you need to know before your trail
Summers Under the Tamarind Tree is a contemporary Pakistani cookbook celebrating the varied, exciting and often-overlooked cuisine of a beautiful country. In it, former lawyer-turned-food writer and cookery teacher Sumayya Usmani captures the rich and aromatic pleasure of Pakistani cooking through more than 100 recipes. She also celebrates the heritage and traditions of her home country and looks back on a happy childhood spent in the kitchen with her grandmother and mother.
Travel Guide
Pakistani food is influenced by some of the world’s greatest cuisines. And it’s culture and food has been shaped by its landscape
The Pakistani coastline: It may be quite small but because of this, it enjoys spiced seafood and amazing fish dishes
It is quite literally at the crossroads of one amazing melting pot of cultures and cuisines – borders with Iran, Afghanistan, India and China ensure strong Arabic, Persian and varied Asian flavours.
The author includes many memories in this book which makes it more than a usual cook book
Her early memories come from the Tamarind Tree in her grandmothers garden which offered both sanctuary and solitude. She remembers the fruit which it bore fascinated her and that the first bite sent shivers down her spine. Despite it not being the prettiest of fruits, it held a captivation for her that she has never forgotten.
It’s the umami quality of tamarind that has inspired so much of the author.s Pakistani cooking and especially this book.
She calls it the flavour of her heritage and we think that’s a perfect way to describe everything this book contains.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Summers Under the Tamarind Tree
Author/ Guide: Sumayya Usmani Destination: Pakistan Departure Time: Any mealtime
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