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Rethink Tea... Rethink Chai. Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, after water. Ayurveda, derived from ancient Indian texts, offers many guidelines for a holistic, health-centered lifestyle – including food and beverages. Seven Pots of Tea is the first cookbook of its kind that allows readers to explore Ayurveda through tea, and vice-versa through dozens of simple recipes. Seven Pots of Tea combines holistic wisdom and health goals an easy, accessible format to improve readers’ perspectives on their favorite beverage. It highlights many easy to make herbal teas, tisanes and brews that can integrate into existing routines of self-care to promote overall wellness. Designed...
Prolific lifestyle journalist & international cookbook author Nandita Godbole publishes her seventh cookbook, Masaleydaar: Classic Spice Indian Blends - her love letter to the multifarious micro cuisines of India, presented in a mouthwatering exploration of nearly 50 spice blends & more than 100 effortless yet decadent recipes, all showcased through modern food photography via a delightfully resourceful cookbook. Masaleydaar explores the granular complexities of India’s distinctly regional cuisines through its culinary backbone: its masalas. Enjoy navigating regional flavor families through their geopolitical histories that have shape food-identities, guided with tips & personal anecdotes ...
Steeped in an oral culture, the Indian cuisine offers many culinary gems from its numerous gastronomic regions, all responding to a season, region, and reason with individual flair. Representing an essential part of a meal, Roti and its many variations are individual, handcrafted creations that sustain the subcontinent and are loved across the world. Roti: 40 Classic Indian Breads & Sides explores essential breads like roti and chapati, alongside classic festive dishes like Puran Poli, and Kheer Patishapta. It also includes classic techniques applicable across many preparations, building confidence. To pair with these, Roti includes easy classic chutneys, raitas, relishes and desserts that e...
Strong matriarchs in the author's family are the inspiration for 'Ten Thousand Tongues'. These are stories of strength, perseverance, and a deep-rooted appreciation of family legacies that inspire and shape a reverence of one's culinary heritage.This autobiographical fiction is the tale of eight women who find refuge, solace, and strength in their constantly evolving relationship to family and each other, through the foods they cooked and later, the dishes they are most often remembered by. 'Ten Thousand Tongues' captures the essence of eight women through narratives from within and around their home, their lives intersecting briefly, as mothers and daughters. Despite their flawed relationsh...
Crack the Code: Cook Any Indian Meal With Confidence is a pioneering workbook styled cookbook that demystifies the seemingly complex processes involved in creating a well-balanced Indian dish. This book translates practical cooking advice from many generations of chefs from within Nandita’s family into a simple structured approach about how to craft a well seasoned Indian dish. It shares information about the fundamental building blocks of the Indian cuisine, provides sample recipes within its content to illustrate the methods, and eliminates any fear associated with cooking Indian food – the single biggest reservation in the true appreciation of a vibrant, flavorful and healthy cuisine....
Nandita is a third generation chef. Having hosted dozens of private dinner events in Atlanta and Los Angeles, she embarked on writing her first cookbook ‘A Dozen Ways…’ through which she shares 130 decadent, delicate, elegant, flavorful and healthy dishes in 12 elaborate multi-course meals that can be effortlessly created by all. This Kickstarter® featured book was supported by enthusiasts from all corners of the globe. ‘A Dozen Ways…’ is an entertaining cookbook, which packs everything one could need for a single-cookbook to make a fabulous dinner – from recipes, table settings, crafts and supplemental reading, to shopping cheat-sheets, weeknight adaptations and practical tips on effortless and memorable feasts.
Strong matriarchs in the author’s family are the inspiration for “Ten Thousand Tongues.” These are stories of perseverance, and of a deep-rooted appreciation of family legacies that inspire and shape reverence to one’s culinary heritage. This biographical fiction is about eight women who find refuge, solace, and strength in their constantly evolving relationship to family and each other, through the foods they cooked and later, the dishes they are most often remembered by. It captures their essence through narratives from within and around their homes, their lives intersecting briefly, as mothers and as daughters. The main characters of this book navigate the constructs of religious ...
Continuing the saga of Aruni, Shanta and Johari ba, this is a sequel to Not For You: Book One. We begins where we left off, with the newest challenge for Aruni and Damodar when they return to their `native¿ place, Alibag, India. NFY2 carries forward a little before the cusp of India¿s independence, and travels through time to reach 2015, when one of the character, Ana moves to Georgia, USA. Meet the older Aruni, Shanta and Johari-ba. Allow Mani, Sumati, Mukki, Shaku and Ana to introduce themselves. Meet their children, grand-children, and great-grand-children. Visit their homes, their kitchens, and their gardens. Allow them to hold your hand, tell you their stories, share their heartache and wisdom.
Ten Thousand Tongues: the companion cookbook This book serves as a companion to the upcoming biographical fiction by the same author, titled: Ten Thousand Tongues: secrets of a layered kitchen (December 2018) About: Comfort foods have the power to seep straight to our innermost core: the strength emanating from a hearty breakfast on a cold winter’s morning, the beverage that fosters a long-lasting friendship, the reverence and reassurance that wafts from a religious offering, the giddy excitement that seasons a wedding feast, a soup that becomes a salve for incurable homesickness or that imperfect dessert that only reinforces our belief a sense of eternal happiness. Unassuming, ordinary, s...
Treasured & Traditional Indian Comfort Foods If one applies the axiom “feed what ails you” to someone who grew up with an Indian heritage, who may be homesick, feeling nostalgic or even simply wanting to feel connected to their roots, one or more of these dishes will make an appearance. Comfort foods like the ones included in this book easily find the corners of ones soul, feed the spirit and belly – and in moderation, are easy to incorporate into a healthy lifestyle. This tidy and compact selection of recipes is a fantastic place to start if one has never cooked Indian food, or wants to enhance their repertoire. Recipes are deliberately simple, use classic and often easily available ingredients. The goal of this collection is not to exotify the cuisine, but to showcase a selection of iconic foods that may or may not be commercially available, but their ease will encourage readers to replicate these flavors in their own kitchens. Enjoy and be well. Note: This book represents an abridged version of Ten Thousand Tongues: the companion cookbook.