Healthy Gourmet Indian Cooking
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This book Healthy Gourmet Indian Cooking: A Simple & Healthy Look at Indian Cuisine is an easy to follow cookbook encompassing recipes to create a full course Indian meal. Recipes are simplified and vary from basic to advanced, so even the most modest cook can master the art of Indian cuisine.
In this book we take pride in emphasizing healthy and nutritious style of cooking by making recipes lower in fat using wholesome, unprocessed and natural ingredients. Your former impressions that Indian cooking is over spiced, greasy and too laborious to prepare at home will quickly fade, as these recipes will show the real essence of authentic Indian cooking. Recipes reflect the idea that simple home style Indian cooking can be healthy and nutritious. Yet with the use of spices, taste is never compromised!
Welcome to the world of Indian cuisine where you can learn the true spirit of Indian hospitality. India having the largest number of vegetarians in the world, offers a vast number of vegetarian dishes. Therefore, Indian cuisine is a great opportunity to explore your vegetarian alternatives.
So come and join us on a mystic, exotic and great culinary journey through Indian cuisine and let the cooking begin!
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Healthy Gourmet Indian Cooking - Arvinda Chauhan
© 2009 Arvinda Chauhan. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
First published by AuthorHouse 08/12/09
ISBN: 978-1-4033-3935-5 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4033-3936-2 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4033-3934-8 (e)
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FORWARD
PART 1
INDIAN KITCHEN ESSENTIALS
THE INDIAN SPICE BOX
THE INDIAN KITCHEN
PREPARE INDIAN MILK PRODUCTS at HOME
PART 2
APPETIZERS, STARTERS & SNACKS
TIKKA POTATOES
CHUTNEY, RAITA & SALAD
FLATBREADS
INDIAN BRUNCH
VEGETARIAN CURRIES
LENTILS & BEANS
NON-VEGETARIAN CURRIES
RICE
DESSERTS & SWEET BEVERAGES
PART 3
APPENDICES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Image424.JPGI would like to thank those who cannot be forgotten, especially my grandfather whom I gratefully cooked for at an early age when I was taking care of him and my siblings. He has given me everlasting wisdom and courage. Thank you to my father for his continuous support, and for encouraging me to always strive harder and further. He always said if I let my creativity go, I could be an entrepreneur like him.
Lastly, I would like to acknowledge the many students I’ve taught over the years, my culinary colleagues and my family. Thank you for the continuous support, kind words and encouragement-without it my culinary experience would not be the same.
~ Arvinda Chauhan
FORWARD
I started cooking Indian food at a very early age, basically out of necessity when my mother passed away. I experienced grinding fresh flour through a heavy grinding stone and pounding spices in a large mortar and pestle, while cooking for my siblings before and after school. My very first cooking experience was making chappatis on a chula, a coal heated clay stove, a practice still carried out in rural parts of India today. It was my childhood experience that helped me develop my extensive knowledge of Indian cuisine over many years.
What initially started out as an obligation, cooking later turned into a passion as my creative energies became expressed through food. I started experimenting with both regional Indian cooking styles and world cuisine in my kitchen as it was something I really loved to do, and later realized I was itching to share my knowledge with others. In 1993, at a time when Indian cuisine was just getting popular in North America, I started Healthy Gourmet Indian Cooking school (www.hgic.ca).
Our cooking classes feature healthy, home-style classic recipes designed for everyday Indian cooking. Our students are delighted that after taking only a few cooking classes they gain the confidence to cook up a storm of delicious Indian dishes with the knowledge of using the right combination of spices and a few key ingredients.
The recipes in this cookbook feature wholesome, delicious and home-style recipes to be enjoyed everyday. Many of the recipes suggest variations so feel free to tailor your dishes to your liking. We promote using local and seasonal produce, so make substitutions where you see fit to eat in accordance with what is available in the markets (e.g. use sun-ripened organic tomatoes when in season in lieu of canned crushed or ground tomatoes). Just keep in mind you may get slightly different results.
Since this book features recipes for everyday cooking, we understand the reality of blending, grinding and roasting spices—an integral part of Indian cooking—is not always quick, easy and economical using numerous individual spices. Therefore we addeda special section called Cooking with Arvinda’s
, which substitute individual spices with Arvinda’s artisanal spice blends for Indian cooking (www.arvindas.com). When we started teaching in the early 90s, we understood our time-pressed students needed to learn how to whip up great Indian meals quickly or with fewer steps, without having to compromise authenticity and taste. We developed a number of masalas (mixtures of spices) derived from family recipes and sold them through our cooking classes. The students absolutely loved them as it helped them make complex dishes more easily and conveniently. With raving reviews, my son Paresh and daughter Preena thought it would be great to someday bring them to market.
While doing her Masters degree in Environmental Studies in 2005, Preena had the opportunity to start her own company. Naturally, it was the masalas and spice blends sold through the cooking school that immediately came to mind. Shortly thereafter, Arvinda’s line of artisanal spice blends for Indian cooking was born. Today, Arvinda’s is sold in gourmet, specialty retailers and health food stores. For recipes and more information visit www.arvindas.com.
The Cooking with Arvinda’s
section contains easy, mouthwatering recipes using our signature spice blends for your convenience. Please keep in mind Arvinda’s blends are very concentrated and a little goes a long way. In this section all the recipes will make dishes with a medium heat, so if you prefer milder flavours reduce the amount of masala called for in the recipe (e.g. reduce 1 tbsp to 2 tsp for a milder, subtle version). For more heat, add 1 tsp extra. Even in our home where fresh meals are prepared everyday, we’re dependent on Arvinda’s spice blends for versatility, time saving and convenience—whether we’re cooking for two people or a crowd of twenty. We