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Indian Culinary Secrets:
Indian cuisine is ancient, steeped in tradition and an amalgam of different ethnic influences. It is multidimensional, diverse and a colourful cuisine with a repertoire of recipes that is virtually unmatched globally. Indian cuisine is a reflection of the heritage of its people and the influences of historical and cultural developments. India has welcomed a multitude of settlers with a variety of belief systems. For more than two millennia, India has witnessed various foreign invasions, from Greeks to Arabs and Turks to Mughals, Portuguese, French and British. This history, tourism, trade, fiscal policies, globalization, and the ever increasing population with young demographics have all led to major foreign exposure. All these factors have contributed to the structure and character of the Indian cuisine.
Contents:
1. Origins Of Indian Cuisine
2. Ayurveda – Yoga Nutrition
3. Aphrodisiac Indian Foods
4. Indian Food Habits And Rituals
5. Some Popular Indian Food Traditions Explained
6. Indian Food Is Naturally Balanced
7. Indian Food For The Invalid
8. Use Of Spices For Medicinal Purposes
9. Home-style Cooking
10. Tandoori Foods
11. Dum style Cooking
12. Kebabs; The Magic Of Indian Cookery
13. Pickles; The Great Indian Equalizer
14. The Matured Drinks Of India
15. Cooking Tips On Indian Food
16. Awadhi Food Is Not Mughlai?
17. Healthiest Oil For Indian Cooking?
Dr Anshumali Pandey
Dr. Anshumali Pandey is a renowned & reliable name in the field of Education, Hospitality, Tourism and Tribal Food. He is a Teacher and Chef by profession, and also an Author, a Business Auditor, and an avid culinary traveller to the Indian Sub continental hinterlands. Dr. Anshumali Pandey is a Hospitality Educator (PhD) who specialises in Higher Education, Office Administration, Pay roll, HR, Labour Laws, Audit, and Procurement & Tender Process. He is an Author with 72 Publications consisting of 54 Books and 3 short stories.
His contribution and research in the field of Tribal Food, Tribal Tourism, Forest Tourism and Village Tourism in the form of research papers have brought several laurels to him. In 2018 the Ministry of Tourism, Govt of Indian duly recognised all this and awarded him with a National Appreciation certificate and memento.
The books written by Dr Anshumali Pandey are essentially a banquet arising from an experience of over 25 years of Professional life and have boiled down to crisp and accurate writing on his favourite subjects. Hospitality Sector champion requires to be a specialist in many fields and Dr Pandey is one of them. His knowledge is evident from the spectrum of subjects which he has chosen for his books so far, which ranges from being a specialist chef, to Master of Human resources, to Education and to love for children, and topped with Spirituality. For more than two decades Dr Pandey has lived with his family in Western India in general and the Tribal belt of the union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli in particular. Most of his time is consumed in helping and understanding the Tribal and rural population of the region and writing scholarly articles and books on his vast area of interest.
