Indian Cooking Without Fat: The Revolutionary New Way to Enjoy Healthy and Delicious Indian Food

by Mridula Baljekar

Book Overview

Most health-conscious eaters tend to avoid Indian food because of the high-fat methods used to prepare many of the popular dishes. Leading Indian cookbook writer Mridula Baljekar's revolutionary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569245452
• ISBN13: 9781569245453
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The Best Indian Cookbook

I have already tried five recipes from this book and they were all amazing. I have quite a few other Indian cookbooks, and this one is by far my favorite. I will be giving this book as a gift to my friends and family.

Great book...

Two things sold me on this book - a limited number of spices/herbs to work with and the use of as little oil/fat as possible. All the recipes I've tried have been great and easily committed to memory after a few meals. I was able to find every ingredient I needed at Nashville's local Indian grocery. Hint - use fresh curry leaves. I looked at a good number of books before settling on this one and I'm glad I did.

Tasty recipes that work

Recipes in this cookbook are straight-forward and produce great results. I particular recommend the fish in coconut and coriander sauce (mashli ghashi) and leaf-wrapped fish (patra-ni-machchi). Chicken in yogurt (dahi murgh) was also a big hit. The author is especially attentive to the use of spices and gives clear instructions to get the most from them. It takes time and attention to produce a main dish and vegetable, but it is worth the effort.