Indian Vegetarian Cuisine

About the Book

About the Author

Sunita Shastri was born in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Her passion for good food started early from watching her mother cook. She has a B.S. in science from Mysore University in India, and came to the U.S. after marriage at the age of 20. Her husband was surprised when she cooked a full Indian meal the first day of their new life. Sunita has an M.B.A. from City University in Seattle, and has always dreamt about starting her own food company, which she did in June 2003 under the name ¡§Meghana Foods¡¨ (named after her 3-year old daughter). This company is now a growing food products enterprise in the Pacific Northwest under the brand name Taaza„·. Sunita got the idea for the cookbook while being a stay at home mom the first two years after her daughter was born. She started organizing her recipes during this time, which added up to a substantive collection worthy of a cookbook. Her background in vegetarian South Indian cooking adds a unique element to this book, since most Indian cookbooks tend to focus on North Indian recipes.