Masala (Anita Jaisinghani)

Staff Pick: Anita Jaisinghani’s Pondicheri in Houston is one of my favorite restaurants! Masala feels like an invitation into a warm, spice-filled kitchen where everyone is welcome. This cookbook is perfect if you want to learn more about Indian food and delight your dinner party guests with wide-ranging recipes. - Brinda Go inside the mind of a chef to learn the fundamentals of Indian cuisine and decode the secrets to cooking with spices in this beautiful collection of over 100 timeless recipes. Award-winning chef Anita Jaisinghani of Pondicheri restaurant in Houston, Texas, shows just how easy, delicious, and healthy Indian food can be in this stunning and accessible debut cookbook. Born and raised in Gujarat, India, Anita’s approach to cooking is simple: Following the tenets of ancient Ayurveda, food is seasonal, texture and color are celebrated, and spices are used to enhance, not overwhelm. As the star of Indian cuisine, spices are used from morning to night, in simple infus