Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food Review

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(More customer reviews)I LOVE this cookbook. Prior to receiving this book as a gift, I wasn't really interested in Indian cuisine. Needless to say, all that has changed. I especially like the way she mixes her spices, therefore, I would recommend leafing through the book and buying all the spices beforehand. Once you have the spices, you're set! The recipes are quick and easy. The food is DELICIOUS, light in fat and calories, making it fairly guilt-free. This cookbook does not sit in my book shelf collecting dust!

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Taking all the glamour of traditional ingredients and fusing it with contemporary, holistic recipes, this is an enlivened approach to Indian cuisine. Anjum Anand appreciates the struggle to find light and healthy Indian food, and does her utmost to make balanced meals we can indulge in every day. Spiced Colocasia, Scrambled White Cheese with Capsicum, Rice and Lentil Risotto, and Luscious Lamb Brochettes are among the offerings here.

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Lite and Luscious Cuisine of India : Recipes and Tips for Healthy and Quick Meals Review

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(More customer reviews)I found this book under its old title "Lite and Luscious Indian Cuisine" at the library. I am hoping that only the title has changed, because it's a great book! Ms. Gadia writes in a very conversational way... I feel as though she comes through as a "real person" rather than just an "author"...the recipes are really down to earth as is her writing style. Not many esoteric ingredients are called for (I have a problem sometimes with pantry overload from Indian/Asian cooking...I probably have more kinds of spices in my cupboard than the average Indian person!). It bothers me at times in certain cookbooks when a recipe calls for half a teaspoon of a particular hard to find spice, then doesn't call for that ingredient again in the rest of the book. One ends up with a real overload of spices if you are not cooking Indian every day (especially if you are not cooking for a large family to begin with). In this book some ingredients might be specialized, (asafetida, cardamom pods, etc.) but most of the recipes seem to utilize what is available on hand in your average town (Ms. Gadia lives and works in Ames, Iowa...not New York or Chicago). Those who are on specialized diets will appreciate her tables for food exchanges and nutritional info, too. All around, this seems truly to be "home cooking" and a labor of love!

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Indian Light Cooking: Delicious and Healthy Foods from One of the World's Great Cuisines Review

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(More customer reviews)Ruth Law's "Indian Light Cooking" is my favorite cookbook. Ease of preparation, healthy recipe design, and a sincere respect for the cuisine are combined to produce a remarkable (and usable) resource. Highly recommended.

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For more than a decade, the author of The Southeast Asia Cookbook has traveled throughout Asia, learning about the people, their culture and cuisine. This comprehensive book takes readers step-by-step through more than 200 recipes for delicacies taken from all of India. Illustrations.

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