Product Description

The Asian Vegan Kitchen is a collection of recipes from across Asia, featuring the spices and the many tasty ingredients that have made these cuisines popular world-wide. It caters to the growing segment of people of all ages who have chosen to eschew animal products, yet still want to add some global spice and excitement to their diet. Author Hema Parekh - originally from India and now a noted teacher of Asian cooking in Tokyo - has put together a delicious selection of meat- and dairy-free Asian dishes that can be enjoyed not just by vegans and vegetarians, but by anyone who loves fine food. Over 200 dishes have been selected to cover a wide variety of tastes. Readers will find recipes for everything from Japan's sushi to northern Indian curries, from Vietnamese spring rolls to fiery hot tofu, Chinese-style. Soups, noodle dishes, and some desserts are also included. The recipes are simple, with detailed explanations, and are illustrated who over 50 mouthwatering photographs, and accompanied by a comprehensive glossary. Add excitement to a healthy lifestyle with this delicious collection of authentic, full-flavored vegan recipes from nine Asian countries: India, Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Korea.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15592 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Hema Parekh has been teaching Asian cooking for almost twenty years. She has written two popular cook books in Japanese: A Touch of Spice and Vegetarian Cooking, and is working on a third. She lives in Tokyo with her husband and two children.

Customer Reviews

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This is a wonderful book for fans of Asian food whether vegan or not. I love having 9 areas of Asia covered in one book. The recipes are well laid out and very easy to follow and most of the ingredients are already in the store cupboard of those of us who cook Asian food regularly so there's no need for lengthy shopping lists - you can just pick up the book and start cooking. Lots of the recipes are pretty quick to cook too which makes it great to use after a day at work.
I've only had this book a couple of weeks and I've already tried 8 recipes and they've all been excellent - especially the Split Pea Fritter Curry - love it!

really good
lovely lovely book,have made several dishes already,all really tasty and authentic,better than any take away and as good as food on holiday in india,photographs inspiring too,so pleased i have bought it,far superior in my opinion to the spicy vegan.

Authentic, flavoursome and achieveable recipes
Wow. This is a superb book, with a selection of recipes from different parts of the world introduced in a friendly, informative style. Lots of delightful combinations of flavours using straightforward techniques and avoiding outlandish ingredients. It's nicely laid out, and has a middle section of photos illustrating some of the dishes. A real treasure - so glad I found it. I've already used it much more than more expensive, glossy books which remain sitting on the shelf.