From Chandrika’s Kitchen

from Chandrika’s Kitchen… where cooking is an expression of love is an exquisite cookbook of Indian dishes created by author Chandrika David. It is the result of years of creating meals for friends and family gathered around the table to share in savory foods and warm conversation. If this is your first foray into Indian Cuisine, within these pages you’ll find a wealth of recipes that are simple to prepare and absolutely delicious. If you’re a veteran chef, you’ll find these recipes create appetite-arousing results that recall the traditions of the South Indian Kitchen.

The recipes have been handed down and refined over generations and are steeped in rich family history. As a professional chef and cooking instructor, Chandrika David has spent years perfecting the recipes she learned as a child. She is finally able to share them with you in this book. Beyond the meals, “from Chandrika’s Kitchen” represents a love note from Chandrika to all her friends and family, wherever they may be.

About the Author

Chandrika David, a Madras University (India) graduate, is no stranger to the culinary arts. Initially focused on creating scrumptious meals for family and friends, she began holding private cooking classes in her home in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1995.

By 2000, she was teaching classes regularly in Southern California at Santa Clarita Community Center, Sur La Table, Whole Foods Market, Gelson’s Market, and Glendale Community College. Her talents for streamlining and simplifying existing recipes, creating new recipes, and helping her students feel confident in the kitchen are bar none.

To call this cookbook from Chandrika’s Kitchen is really to say this labor of love comes from Chandrika’s heart because her kitchen is one of the special places she enjoys expressing so much love. She currently resides in Southern California with her husband.