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.