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Chef Asha Khatau wants to save your soul with veggie-ism
In this crisp Q&A, Mumbai chef Asha Khatau gets into the art, science and philosophy behind her vegetarian cooking and the ingredients of her success
With cooking classes appropriately called Epicure, Asha Khatau's been taking vegetarian cuisine to anyone from college students to chefs to homemakers. Anyone willing to be taught, basically.
In fact she's got so many recipes to share -- genre-blenders like 'creamed corn fondue, 'lentil waffles' and 'grape quiche' -- she's authored six cookbooks, and a couple more are on the way.
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani's wife and owner of the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team Nita Ambani has endorsed Khatau at a book launch, and then there's that "Best Vegetarian Book in the World" award she picked up -- the first Indian to win that one -- at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2002.
Cook, author, teacher, and mom, Khatau also squeezes in workshops around the world where she shares her gourmet recipes to "dazzle the eye, excite the mind, delight the palate, satisfy the craving and transport you to heaven!" How's that for a tag line?
CNNGo has 20 quick questions for Asha Khatau who attempts to refine our concept of vegetarianism in the 21st century.
CNNGo: What is 'gourmet' vegetarian cooking?
Asha Khatau: It is vegetarian food of high quality, accurate preparation and artistic presentation.
