kalanamak > wrote in message >...
> Charles Gifford wrote:
>
> > Very interesting. It seems, on the face of it, to be rather odd as there are
> > large groups of Indians who do not eat onion, garlic, etc. for religions
> > reasons.
> >
> > Charlie
>
> This, IIRC, shows the influence of Panjabis. They drove trucks and
> trains, and their cooking spread. Madhur Jaffrey talks about eating
> bazaar potatoes behind her parents back, as they forbid onions and
> garlic as inflamers of passion. Any Brahmin cookbooks out there?
> blacksalt
> who would find life without onions or lemon grim

I don't know about Brahmin cookbooks, but all of Yamuna Devi's
cookbooks do not use any onion/garlic/fungus/eggs in addition to being
vegetarian. Most "Jain" cookbooks also do not use onion and garlic.
There are a couple of cookbooks by Tarla Dalal(a very popular author
in India) that are entirely devoted to onion-less/garlic-less cooking.
Also look for recipes meant to be eaten during Hindu festivals/fasts
and many South Indian recipes do not use onions or garlic.

Kamla.