Hindustani Kitchen : Recipes for Non-Vegetarian and Vegetarian Indian Dishes Including Calorie Charts/Compiled by Mohan Saigal and Kajal Varma. New Delhi, Star Pub., 2002, 120 p., ISBN 81-7650-042-9.

    Contents: 1. Vegetables (Dry preparations). 2. Dals. 3. Curried dishes. 4. Indian rice. 5. Bread. 6. Mutton dishes. 7. Chicken dishes. 8. Fish/prawns dishes.

    "This book has been compiled with the purpose that Indian food can be cooked at home in an easy and simple way. India is a vast country, and each part of the country has some variations in its food. Included in this book are some popular and delicious dishes of different regions, so that the readers can make a selection of what they would enjoy. 

    Eating out in any Indian restaurant is not a problem because you can find such restaurants in almost every part of the world, but a good kitchen at home has its own charm. It provides not only an economic solution, but also offers healthy nourishment. And this book will definitely meet both these elements. To enhance the utility of this book, we have included calorie-chart as also the amount of calories required for men, women and children and how much are burnt in daily life routine."

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