3/ 🧵 /Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust /Ashia Ismail-Singer

As mentioned, the author lives in NZ now, after migrating first from India to Malawi where she grew up, and later to NZ. She has a fabulous website here https://www.ashiaismailsinger.com/ where you can view even more gorgeous photos. This, I think, is her 2nd cookbook.

Recommended for all lovers of the exotic, and the sweet.

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2/ 🧵 /Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust /Ashia Ismail-Singer

Down to some nitty gritty. Many of the pages are verging on black, and these are useless to jot notes on unless you have a white ink pen. Go get yourself one. The book has 1 attached bookmark ribbon, sufficient for a book of this size. The book lies beautifully flat when open, so no need for weights when you are cooking from it.

Some of the recipes are egg-free, but not enough is this is your dietary preference 😢 UNLESS you just love Indian desserts and reckon the book is beautiful enough for the ones that are egg-free.

The book is divided by season, and is written in NZ, so the seasons might just align with ours (I find European seasonal books have to be adjusted by a month or two).

The recipes are spice-forward, and she has a couple of pages at the beginning of the book with information on the ones she uses.

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1/ 🧵 /Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust /Ashia Ismail-Singer

Have I got a book for all you sweet tooth baking fiends out there. A dark mysterious book full of delights influenced by India, the Middle East and beyond.

Book: Saffron Swirls and Cardamom Dust
Author: Ashia Ismail-Singer
Published: 2021
Publisher: Bateman Books
Pages: 192
Price: Around $40AU. Ebook is available and can be cheaper.

It is a fabulous, mysterious, dark-paged book with luscious photos, enough to give you cavities by just looking. There are some familiar recipes and others evocative of exotic cuisines elsewhere.

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