Bøker av Rinku Bhattacharya

Aninteractive, personal approach to Indian cooking with step-by-step recipes, photos and links to videos that will help you prepare incredible Indian mealsat home! Author, blogger, and cookinginstructor Rinku Bhattacharya offers a fun, modern and sustainable way to learnthe basics of Indian cooking in this unique volume. The SpiceChronicles Cookbook includes over 120 recipes and photos for favoriteIndian dishes alongside links to many additional recipes and QR codes todetailed videos that show step-by-step techniques and variations. As a busy working mom andcooking instructor, Rinku has years of experience with simplifying andstreamlining recipes. Now she helps readers demystify Indian ingredients andtechniques and answers many of the questions her students posed over the yearsabout different types of dal, spice combinations and the nuances ofregional Indian cooking. The recipes include both classic and modern Indianfare, many with make-ahead sauces. She also utilizes short cuts and practicalequipment like the air fryer, pressure cooker and slow cooker in many recipes.Sections like meal-planning cheat sheets and freezer friendly recipes helpreduce waste and make the most of fresh, seasonal vegetables and fruits. Rinku's Spice Chronicles blogdetails her immigrant story as a girl from Kolkata, India who learned to makeNew York her home. Links and references to the blog, social media posts andeven TikTok videos will give readers a fuller sense of the culinary story andtechniques behind each recipe. Sample recipes: Butter Chicken Biryani"Flexible" DosasScallops with a Saffron-Fig SauceMurgh Kofta (Chicken Meatballs)Spiced Green Beans with CarrotsSaag Paneer (Creamy Greens with Paneer)Kachumber (Indian-style Chopped Salad)

In this new cookbook, author Rinku Bhattacharya combines her two great lovesIndian cooking and sustainable livingto give readers a simple, accessible way to cook seasonally, locally, and flavorfully. Inspired by the bounty of local produce, mostly from her own backyard, Rinku set out to create recipes for busy, time-strapped home cooks who want to blend Indian flavors into nutritious family meals. Youll find more than 150 recipes for tempting fare like Mango and Goat Cheese Mini Crisps, Roasted Red Pepper Chutney, Crisped Okra with Dry Spice Rub, Smoky Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Puree, and Red Harvest Masala Cornish Hens, to name a few. As exotic and enticing as these recipes sound, the ingredients are easily found and the instructions are simple. Foreword by chef and author Suvir Saran.