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30-Minute Vegetarian Indian Cookbook (The 30-Minute Vegetarian Cookbook Series)

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My family and I became vegetarians recently. We had already decided that indian cuisine was not only very tasty by also very healthy. I ran across this book purely by accident and have been giving it and recommending it to friends ever since. It takes me more than 30 minutes (more like an hour) to make a whole meal: rice, dahl, vegetable dish & raita, although, with my son helping we can do it in less time, each of us working on two dishes at a time. This is about the lenght of time I used to spend preparing a non-vegetarian and much less interesting meal. We haven't started making our own bread, but Mridula gives good alternative suggestions. Most of the ingredients are available locally and for someone new to indian cooking it is very easy to get started. I especially like the suggestions she gives at the beginning of each recipe for other dishes to serve. As far as I am concerned, this book is a must for every vegetarian's bookshelf.

My Indian husband LOVES the recipes I cook out of this book. The author suggests shortcuts, but you can always boil your own chickpeas if you want to. :)

I *love* Indian food. If anyone leaves the choice of restaurant up to me, we dine Indian. I even like NYC's Indian "fast food" eateries, and canned or boxed Indian foods. I'm addicted! I am also a gourmet cook; people always beg for my recipes. But the ones from this book were so bad that I finally threw the book away. They also weren't very Indian, calling for such ingredients as canned baked beans and potato chips. There are many, many wonderful Indian vegetarian cookbooks, most of them available right here on Amazon. Don't waste your money on this one!