Cooking with 1 Teaspoon of Oil : Low Calorie Indian Recipes/Tarla Dalal. Mumbai, Sanjay & Company, 2001, 160 p., photographs, $22. ISBN 81-86469-67-2.

Contents: 1. Recipe index. 2. Facts about oil : 1. Oil, ghee, vanaspati or butter—which one is better? 2. Are ‘Oil free diets’ the best option to lose weight? 3. How much oil should one consume daily? 3. To lose weight correctly and keep it off permanently. 4. Eating healthy and cooking healthy go hand in hand. 5. Fat busting tips. 6. Eating out. 7. Healthy dieting guidelines. 8. Top 8 diet questions. 9. Abbreviations used and standard measures. 10. Recipes. 11. Major nutrients and their sources. 12. Foods allowed, restricted and forbidden for weight watchers. 13. Menu planner.

"Cooking with 1 Teaspoon of Oil bids a firm and cheerful goodbye to the widely held notion that delicious Indian food must contain oodles of oil, ghee and butter.

"Besides eliminating excessive fat from your daily food, this book will be an indispensable guide for those who wish to lose weight. The common notion about losing weight is to follow a ‘zero oil diet’ in order to get rid off the flab. But experts say that it is a completely unhealthy way to lose weight and this news inspired me to write a cookbook especially for weight watchers who constantly crave for delicious and sumptuous foods.

"I have prepared an array of adventurous, nourishing and imaginative low calorie Indian recipes that have been carefully analysed by my team of qualified nutritionists, to ensure that you get the correct combination of nutrients each day. You will find helpful tips and charts explaining the foods that should be eaten and those which should be restricted and avoided along with a menu planner, to help you correctly follow a weight loss programme. Here’s a beginning to a lifetime of good health and healthy cooking…" (jacket)

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