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by Joanne Weir (Introduction by), Farhana Sahibzada (Author)
This is a must have for the Indian food enthusiast... Taste bud-Tingling New Book Exposes Secrets to Whipping up World's Favorite South Asian Cuisine. Packed with 'QUALITY' tested, simplified and tried recipes stemming from Farhana's Indian food cooking classes spanning over two decades, adapted for success for the novice and experienced cooks alike! This mouth-watering new book demystifies the process of cooking authentic, restaurant-quality Indian and Pakistani food at home. Exchanging complicated ingredient lists and laborious techniques with simple methods that anyone will enjoy. With her simplified techniques presented in the book Farhana has eliminated the fear of using spices and made Indian cooking approachable for anyone and everyone. Based on her experience as a teacher and seeing first hand people's challenges in cooking Indian, Farhana wanted to offer recipes of a very foreign and often intimidating cuisine with simple ingredients that yield remarkable results in a minimum amount of time. 'Flavorful Shortcuts to Indian/Pakistani Cooking' is a true definitive work filled with easy to follow Indian/Pakistani food recipes for making popular meat and vegetable favorites, including: samosas, saag paneer, aloo ghobi, malai Kofta, daal, chicken Qorma, tandoori chicken, seekh kabobs, chicken tikka, biryanni, mango lassi, Gulaab jamun, kulfi and so much more... a book designed to help you lose your fear of cooking Indian and to impress your friends and family with your skills and expertise. To date, the book has attracted a consistent string of rave reviews: 'This book is filled with food that is exciting, fresh and do-able. And with Farhana's tips and tricks and easy to follow techniques, it's easy enough for even a novice.' notes Ms. Joanne Weir, the award winning cookbook author, Television Personality and cooking teacher -who also offered to write the 'foreword' of this book. "...this book is mouthwatering -this is amazing stuff with spices and flavors..." state Elizabeth Dougherty & Michel Serio of Food Nation Talk Radio "Ami, I cooked Aloo Palak from your book today, your easy directions made the cooking a breeze and it came out so good, yum, yum, yum....!" says Mehnaz. Naureen & Angel were equally as impressed, adding, "Guess what? We cooked Chicken Karai, Aloo Gajjar and rice last night. It came out delicious and the recipes were so easy to follow." Marketing and sales figures reveal and confirm the book's growing demand and popularity. Recipes from Farhana's new cookbook have been part of the menu at popular main stream cafes and restaurants around Los Angeles featuring an 'Indian Week' as a special for their clientele.
Author Biography
Farhana Sahibzada is originally from Lahore, Pakistan. She is the noted chef and owner of cinnamon STIX, a café and catering business she established and operated in Woodland Hills, California. Farhana has been teaching Indian/Pakistani cooking for over 20 years in southern California and internationally. In addition to teaching classes at her café she has taught cooking classes for Pierce College, Gelson's super Markets, Williams Sonoma, Whole Foods Markets, Let's get Cookin' in Westlake Village, The culinary art's college at the Art's Institute in Santa Monica California (where she is a regular visiting guest chef and instructor), Southern California's Culinary Institute in South Pasadena, (currently: Le Cordon Bleu), The New School of Cooking in Culver City, city parks and recreation facilities, museums and many other local cooking schools and gourmet food markets. Her classes focus on simplifying the art of Indian cooking and offer simple and quick versions for classic and popular recipes of the Indian/Pakistani cuisine. Emerging as an acclaimed authority on Indian and Pakistani cuisine, Farhana is often invited for cooking demonstrations, classes and food talks by prominent culinary organizations, broadcast media and social cooking clubs around Los Angeles. Her cooking show, 'Cooking with Farhana' produced at Time Warner Cable has aired in Los Angeles with strong following and zest. Farhana's cooking classes have been voted 'A Top Event' in L A Weekly in The Best of Los Angeles.
