A journey from old traditions to modern Indian cooking with deliciously simple and gut-healing recipes that leave you feeling fulfilled-rather than full.
Upon learning that rice and bread were the culprits for her husband's Type 2 diabetes, Deepa Thomas deconstructed and reinvented her native Indian cuisine. Deepa made anew seventy slow carb recipes, incorporating time-saving Western cooking techniques, breaking-news research on gut health and weight loss, and Ayurvedic wisdoms ("When diet is right, medicine is of no need; and when diet is wrong, medicine is of no use."). After six months of cooking and eating "New Indian," Deepa lost twenty pounds and freed her husband from a ten-year routine of insulin shots.
Part cookbook and memoir, Deepa's Secrets introduces breakthrough slow carb and gut-healing recipes that are simple and nutrient-packed, without sacrificing its rich South Asian flavors. On a mission to demystify and make healthy an "exotic" cuisine, Deepa shares shortcuts and techniques that will make "New Indian" everyday fare. Bold and intimate, Deepa's Secrets will undoubtedly change your cooking, and quite possibly your life, featuring East-to-West recipes such as:
•Ralph's Garlicky Spinach a la Dal •Ammachi's Claypot Fish Molee •General Joseph's Five-Star Chicken Batons •New Indian Cacciatore •Masala Omelet
The author is donating her royalties to FoodCorps, a nonprofit that connects children to healthy food in American schools.
"Deepa embodies what I tell my patients on a daily basis: we all have the potential to have a vibrant life even when dealing with health challenges. By reinterpreting the most flavorful dishes of her native India and removing the rice and bread, she helped free her husband from 10 years of insulin shots, by stabilizing his blood sugar and improving his health. Deepa's Secrets is not only filled wi
Mark Hyman, MD, author of the #1 bestseller Eat Fat Get Thin
"Thomas-spurred by an interest in all things healthy, by a concern for her husband's dependence on insulin as a type 2 diabetic, and by the ayurvedic proverb 'When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need'-decided to hunt for edible foodstuffs sans the bad carbohydrates, with an Indian flavor. . . In between her secrets (e.g., read labels carefully; maple
