Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu

The best of Alamelu’s cookbooks and TV recipes in one volume!

“I highly recommend Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu to readers who want to take advantage of the powerful, healing antioxidant qualities of spices and at the same time, indulge in the flavor-rich, wholesome offerings of Indian cuisine.” — Dr. Bharat Aggarwal, author of Healing Spices

This cookbook contains recipes featured on the first three seasons of Alamelu Vairavan’s popular MPTV/PBS cooking show, “Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu,” along with updated and improved recipes from her previously-published cookbooks, Healthy South Indian Cooking and Indian-Inspired Gluten Free Cooking.

Included are more than 120 flavorful Indian favorites—each with a full-color photo—that are sure to please fans old and new. With a focus on vegetables and protein-rich legumes, the recipes include soups, curries, crunchy salads, and a host of vegetarian specialties that are not only low-calorie and low-fat, but packed with nutrients, fiber and flavor. Step-by-step recipes and a helpful guide to spices and ingredients make it easy for readers to create authentic Indian dishes at home.

Sample recipes:

• Salmon Tikka Kebabs
• Peanut and Coconut Chutney
• Cauliflower and Lentil Soup
• Sweet Potato Quinoa Soup
• Masala Dosais
• Fragrant Lemon Rice
• Pomegranate Yogurt Salad
• Kohlrabi Sambhar
• Cabbage with Ginger Poriyal
• Lentil Crumble with Coconut
• Chettinad Chicken Masala
• Spice-Rubbed Seared Fish