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The Complete Asian Cookbook Charmaine Solomon Probably the best and most consistent Asian cookbook on the market. With a plethora of curries to choose from. 1 86302 185 X Amazon
Mrs. Lee's Cookbook
Mrs. Lee Chin Koon
This is the bible for Nonya cooking however extremely difficult to get hold of. There appears to be a new version that appeared on the market and I have posted the link and ISBN. The old version never had an ISBN. I cant vouch for the new book only the author. 9 78981 2327055 Penguin
South Indian Cookbook
Devagi Sanmugam
Books dedicated to South Indian food are as rare as hens teeth, this one has a load of vegetable curries that are so common amongst the Tamils in South India
981 04 4915 1
Devagi's Web Site
Indonesian Regional Food & Cookery
Sri Owen
This is traditional Indonesian cooking at its best, I bought this one specifically for its Padang food content. Its contains the only recipe for rendang that suggests using Buffalo and 2.3 liters of coconut milk, by crikey its good. 1 357 986 42
Amazon
Indonesian Food
Sri Owen
Sri's updated more aesthetic version of her original book that still maintains the same recipe for buffalo rendang.
 978 1 862056 78 7
Amazon UK