The Cafe Spice Cookbook - by Hari Nayak (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book presents chef Hari Nayak's personal collection of recipes featuring all-natural ingredients that enable one to create delicious meals in minutes. 'The Cafe Spice Cookbook' provides you with all the instructions you'll need to prepare healthy Indian dishes anywhere and anytime, using ingredients available at any supermarket or health food store.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This easy-to-follow Indian cookbook allows you to recreate your favorite Indian dishes, that you know you like, in your own kitchen!</b> <p/><i> The Cafe Spice Cookbook</i> provides you with all the instructions you'll need to prepare delicious and authentic Indian food, using ingredients available at any supermarket or health food store. <p/><b>This book features 84 recipes, including: </b><ul><li>Shrimp Stuffed Pappadum</li><li>Chickpea Curry with Sweet Potato</li><li>Okra Masala</li><li>Paneer with Creamed Spinach</li><li>Lobster Khadai</li><li>Tandoori Spiced Roasted Chicken</li><li>Pork Vindaloo</li><li>Tomato and Curry Leaf Quinoa</li><li>Naan Bread</li><li>Milk Dumplings in Saffron Syrup</li><li>And much more!</li></ul><br>Experienced chef and author Hari Nayak starts with an introduction to basic techniques and ingredients, even including tips like how to properly store herbs and spices. From tasty chutneys and yummy vegetarian options to savory curries and creamy desserts, everyone can find something to love in this cookbook!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A terrifically practical guide to reproducing Indian classics at home. <b>-- <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br>Armed with his short introduction to a few simple traditional Indian cooking techniques, ingredients, and preparation of basic spice blends, it is easy to replicate these tasty Indian dishes in short order. Ready, set, naan. <b>-- <i>Foreword Magazine</i></b><br><br>Chef Hari Nayak reveals the ease and simplicity of preparing some of the most colorful, seemingly complex, delicious Indian Cuisine at home. Mystery solved! <b>-- Derek Sarno; Global Chef, R&D, Product Development, Whole Foods Market</b><br><br>Hari Nayak is the bridge between the modern cuisine of India and today's conscious cook who love to prepare easy, quick flavorful Indian dishes at home. His recipes are simple, delicious and beautiful. <b>-- Vikas Khanna; Michelin Starred Indian Chef, Host of Master Chef India, Restaurateur, Cookbook Writer and Filmmaker</b><br><br>Hari Nayak's passion and pride in Indian food is evident in everything he does. His books sing a melodious song of harmony and skill which makes a sometime daunting Indian cuisine seem effortless. His knowledge and techniques used are described perfectly with an ease focused understanding approach.<b>-- Maneet Chauhan, TV Personality and author of <i>Flavors of My World</i></b><br><br>Illustrated with mouth-watering full-color photography throughout, <i>The Cafe Spice Cookbook</i> is a cookbook of East Indian cuisine inspired by author Hari Nayak's popular line of 'grab 'n go' Indian meals. A repository of Indian dishes that kitchen cooks of all skill and experience levels can make at home, using ingredients available at any supermarket or health food store, [it] also features a sizable quantity of vegetarian and gluten-free recipes. Highly Recommended!<b>-- <i>Midwest Book Review</i></b><br><br>Indian food only looks difficult, but with this cookbook handy and Chef Hari's easy to follow recipes, one can prepare an exotic and bistro kind of meal that is light and healthy, just at home...If you are looking for an Indian cookbook, where you want to recreate some simple homestyle and restaurant style food in less than an hour, then this is the one! Friends and family are sure to rave about these dishes and extend a second helping with the recipes from the book. <b>-- <i>Sandhya's Kitchen </i>blog</b><br><br>Trained at the Culinary Institute of America, and veteran cook at Swedish and French Manhattan restaurants, Nayak yearns to make Indian cuisine a more everyday option for American home cooks...He recommends equipment to optimize kitchen efficiency, and he offers more readily available substitutions wherever practical, carefully avoiding superfluous detail that might unnecessarily inhibit beginners. Recipes similarly shun complication. In so immense and diverse a land as India, regional variations occur, and Nayak includes some lesser-known traditions such as the cooking of Goa, where colonial heritage welcomes foods that are taboo in other parts of the nation.<b>-- <i>Booklist</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Hari Nayak</b> is part of the creative new generation of chefs from Asia. As a young boy, he watched his grandmother grind fresh spices in the traditional stone mortar, and knew that being around good food was what he wanted to do, always. Since graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Hari has worked in the food industry for more than twenty years--including stints at renowned New York restaurants like Aquavit and Daniel, as well as others in London and Paris. He is the author of seven other cookbooks including <i>Modern Indian Cooking</i> and <i>My Indian Kitchen</i>. Hari was born in Udupi, India and now lives in New Jersey. www.harinayak.com <p/><b>Jack Turkel</b> has been a professional photographer for more than forty years. From the space shuttle and mountain tops to his photographs of the everyday, his creative eye has expertly captured an impressive list of subjects and settings. He did the photography for both <i>My Indian Kitchen</i> and <i>Easy Indian Cooking</i>, too.
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