Review
"It's a flavourful introduction to healthy Indian cooking made easy for today's kitchen"
Book Description
With 20,000 copies in print, this best-selling cookbook is back in a new package, full of nutritious, heart-healthy recipes that capture the world of exotic flavours that is Indian cuisine.
Seductive aromas, complex flavours, the captivating interplay of sweet and hot, rich and astringent, spicy and soothingthe wonderful cooking of India, Pakistan, Goa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and East Africa. HeartSmart Flavours of India appeals to cooks who want heart-healthy taste adventures. For vegetarians, or people who cook for them, the book has an abundance of new main-course approaches. It also meets a need in the South Asian community by offering the foods they love with significantly less fat and salt. There are few books like it, and none with the trusted name of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada behind them.
Colour photography and inviting design tempt readers to try over one hundred easy-to-follow recipes. Informative sidebars and glossaries expand upon Indian ingredients (most available in any supermarket) and possible substitutes. For those who want to serve a typical Indian meal, suggested menus include all the elements, including chutneys, dips, flatbreads and side dishes. Each recipe comes with a complete nutritional breakdown. And entertaining introductions describe the overlapping cultural influences that created one of the worlds great cuisines.