Healthy South Indian Cooking: Expanded Edition
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$35.00
See Alamelu on her PBS show on Create TV!
With the addition of fifty new easy-to-prepare dishes, Healthy South Indian Cooking is back, now totaling 250 recipes!
In the famous Chettinad cooking tradition of Southern India, these mostly vegetarian recipes include healthy favorites such as Potato-filled Dosas with Coconut Chutney; Pearl Onion and Tomato Sambhar; Chickpea and Bell Pepper Poriyal; and Eggplant Masala Curry. Rasams, breads, legumes and payasams are all featured here, as is the exceptional Chettinad Chicken Kolambu, South lndia's version of the popular vindaloo. Each of these low-fat, low-caloric recipes come with a complete nutritional analysis.
Also included are sample menus and innovative suggestions for integrating South Indian dishes into traditional Western meals. A section on the varieties and methods of preparation for dals (the staple lentil dish), a multilingual glossary of spices and ingredients, and 16 pages of color photographs make this book a clear and concise introduction to the healthy, delicious cooking of South India.
With the addition of fifty new easy-to-prepare dishes, Healthy South Indian Cooking is back, now totaling 250 recipes!
In the famous Chettinad cooking tradition of Southern India, these mostly vegetarian recipes include healthy favorites such as Potato-filled Dosas with Coconut Chutney; Pearl Onion and Tomato Sambhar; Chickpea and Bell Pepper Poriyal; and Eggplant Masala Curry. Rasams, breads, legumes and payasams are all featured here, as is the exceptional Chettinad Chicken Kolambu, South lndia's version of the popular vindaloo. Each of these low-fat, low-caloric recipes come with a complete nutritional analysis.
Also included are sample menus and innovative suggestions for integrating South Indian dishes into traditional Western meals. A section on the varieties and methods of preparation for dals (the staple lentil dish), a multilingual glossary of spices and ingredients, and 16 pages of color photographs make this book a clear and concise introduction to the healthy, delicious cooking of South India.
About the Authors
Alamelu Vairavan (left) is host of the popular cooking show Healthful Flavors with Alamelu, produced by Milwaukee Public Television and syndicated across the country on PBS/Create TV. She is a culinary instructor and author of two successful cookbooks, including Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking (Hippocrene Books, 2013). Alamelu holds a degree in Health Information Management from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and has worked for many years in healthcare. She resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Visit her at curryonwheels.com.
