Crack the Code

'Crack the Code: Cook Any Indian Meal With Confidence' is gleaned from Nandita's grandfathers' teachings and exposes the fundamental building blocks of the Indian cuisine.This pioneering workbook-styled cookbook demystifies the seemingly complex Indian cuisine. It includes two dozen simple practice recipes to showcase the role of spices and ingredients, highlight the importance of layering and balancing flavors, and most notably, how to build essential taste profiles for an authentic...
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'Crack the Code: Cook Any Indian Meal With Confidence' is gleaned from Nandita's grandfathers' teachings and exposes the fundamental building blocks of the Indian cuisine.This pioneering workbook-styled cookbook demystifies the seemingly complex Indian cuisine. It includes two dozen simple practice recipes to showcase the role of spices and ingredients, highlight the importance of layering and balancing flavors, and most notably, how to build essential taste profiles for an authentic dining experience. This is an updated edition.Nandita is a third generation chef. Having hosted dozens of private dinner events in Atlanta and Los Angeles, she embarked on writing her first cookbook 'A Dozen Ways...' through which she shares 130 decadent, delicate, elegant, flavorful and healthy dishes in 12 elaborate multi-course meals that can be effortlessly created by all. She encourages diners and readers go beyond being armchair consumers to being dinner-table connoisseurs with easy preparations that transform seasonal produce into flavorful dishes that compliment healthy lifestyles. Her teaching and writing style inspires even novice chefs with realistic confidence. She effortlessly reveals how Indian cuisine can be a flavorful, decadent and healthier choice.