Dakshin (Chandra Padmanabhan)

Indus, New Delhi, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition, second printing. 

Before Dakshin found an international readership, it appeared in India in this compact 1992 edition. Chandra Padmanabhan gathers a vibrant range of South Indian vegetarian recipes, from sambars, rasams, and rice dishes to dosai, vadai, chutneys, pickles, and sweets. Clear and deeply rooted in regional tradition, it remains an enduring introduction to the cooking of southern India.

Dust jacket creased and lightly sun faded at front. Some notes on ingredients jotted in pencil on front end paper. A couple of recipes have notes in pencil. Front lower corner of board bumped and compressed from impact, resulting in creasing to the adjacent page corners.