Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking Review

STORY IDEAS

• Spice up your gluten-free life: Indian-inspired recipes to liven up your diet
• East meets West meets Gluten-Free: Why Indian cuisine is one of the best for Celiac sufferers
• Indian fusion: American comfort food with a wholesome Indian twist
• Why Celiac disease is more common than you think
• How to cook gluten-free
• An Indian-inspired [gluten-free] Thanksgiving table
• Must have spices and staples for your gluten-free pantry

Among the first of its kind, Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking is spicing up the gluten-free lifestyle with one of the healthiest and easiest cuisines in the world.

Indian food lends itself naturally to gluten-free cooking because the vegetable and rice dishes are enhanced with spices and legumes without wheat, oat or barley. That, along with requests from viewers of her PBS program “Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu,” is precisely why veteran author and culinary instructor Alamelu Vairavan decided to writeIndian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking.

Together with Registered Dietician Margaret Pfeiffer, Alamelu brings the rich aromatic dishes of South India to a market focused mainly on gluten-free breads and desserts.

Featuring more than 100 step-by-step recipes, a helpful FAQ on gluten-free foods, and a guide to Indian ingredients, Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking includes nutritional analysis and a full-color photo for each recipe.

Sample recipes include: Lentil Crepes, Seasoned Apple Relish, Mushroom and Green Pea Quinoa with Pistachios, Chickpeas with Ginger and Mango, Chicken in Almond-Coconut Sauce, and Sweet Black Rice with Cardamom and Coconut.

The authors are based in the Milwaukee and Phoenix areas.

My Review:

I have heard a lot about gluten free cooking, but I never really understood how to cook, or diet that way. This book cleared up a lot of the questions I had. I loved that the writer had list of items that were gluten free, and items that had gluten. I would recommend that everyone read the FAQs in this book. There are also suggested menus. I can not wait to make the Tapioca Pudding for my hubby. The directions are easy to follow. The ingredients are explained well, and for the less common ingredients there are options on what to use. There were so many fruit and rice dishes, that I am going to have to stock up my pantry. I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.