Aarti Paarti: An American Kitchen with an Indian Soul

I watched Aarti Paarti on food Network a few years ago and just loved her style and recipes. Her personality really comes through in this cook book and while, like most Indian cook books, it will require a trip to the spice shop, Aarti really does keep the mix to a minimum and with the purchase of just a few exotics you could make most of the recipes. Go ahead, buy the book, spice up your Friday night

Loved aarti's show on Food Network TV so decided to get her book. Easy to follow recipes, nice photo's. I would definitely recommend the book.

like the stars show it is ok did not blow me away good for starters of curry making.

I bought this book for my 10 year old granddaughter as I found it very helpful and loved the stories in the book. I was born in India and have visited as well and I related to everything within the book.

For some reason Amazon has stated that this review for the kindle, It is not for the kindle, it is for the actual book.Wow! What a book! I confess I am a "cookbook junkie". I have over 200 cookbooks, and Aarti Paarti is without doubt in the top five on my shelves. Two of the five are "The Joy of Cooking" and "Mastering the art of French Cooking", by Julia Childs. So Arrti's book is in good company.From the first page I knew this book was going to be different for the usual cookbooks. The photographs are truly beautiful, I am always willing to pay more for a cookbook with good photography in it. Aarti put not only all of herself in this book, but her family as well. Her love of family, friends, and God shined through on every page. I loved the stories! Aartis description of Indian food, spices, traditions, made me dream that I was with Aarti in India!She puts you a ease from the beginning of the book and conquers your fears about cooking Indian food. I thought, well maybe I can do this....The Bombay Sloppy Joes were fantastic! I admit I was a bit intimidated by some of the unheard of spices. I thought, what the heck and dove right into this fabulous recipe. I didn't get the 5 stars from my friends that I cooked this for, I got 6 stars! (is there really such a thing as 6 stars?) I was informed after dinner that anytime I am cooking Indian food they must be the "guinea pigs, official taste testers, etc. ending with, "we are doing it for you" (me). Hummm........The next adventure was Chicken Tikka Masala. This was so easy, it really was. For those of you that are a bit intimidated, don't be. Just dive in and relish the delicious marinated meat, spices so delicate, aromatic, and delicious. Yum, this is that good. I got another "6 star rating" from the gang. Double hummmm...I will say from what I have cooked so far , that these are not 20 minute meals. You really should do all the prep work before you get ready to start cooking. It can move a bit quickly and if you are unorganized it will be hard.This really is a superb cookbook. Thank you Aarti, for giving me the opportunity to take a journey into your world.My next adventure will be in a couple of weeks, I will update this post after that weekend.

The media could not be loaded. Colorful pictures with delicious recipes. A real joy to flip through and enjoy the look of the food you're about to prepare. There is a bit of preparation involved, but we'll worth it. Particularly in the details it gives on the importance of the spices.Garam Masala is one example she gives on how to prepare the spice with the correct ingredients to give the right flavor for the recipe. We had two store bought of this spice already, but the third that we prepared with Aarti's instructions was so much better! Takes a little effort, but it'll make all the difference to have the right spices.

Love this book.

Great recipes easy to do