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How the Banana Goes to Heaven: and Other Secrets of Health from the Indian Kitchen

How the Banana Goes to Heaven: and Other Secrets of Health from the Indian Kitchen


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How the Banana Goes to Heaven is an admirable cookbook which is not only effusive about gustatory splendors from India but also an erudite account of long-standing local ingredients in daily Indian cooking that serve as powerhouses of nutritional and medicinal value. Summary Of The Book How the Banana Goes to Heaven is undaunted in eulogizing the wholesome Indian traditional fare. The book is bursting at the seams with shreds of gastronomic nuggets and piquing anecdotes. It observes that what the West is discovering about herbs and spices have been known to our forefathers for centuries. The book is packed with authentic nutritional information relating to vegetables, grains, oils, and also on vitamins, fats, carbohydrates, proteins, etc. It speaks volumes on religious connections of food like the white pumpkin is not only considered effective in fending evil spirits and evil eye but is also popular offering to the gods during Hindu ceremonies. The book is captivating in the sense that it refers to daily foods with engaging names, like chillies are called ‘the good little demons’ , fenugreek – “the girl’s best friend” , pigeon peas – “the protein power” , turmeric and ginger – “the Gemini of health, arvi – “the nature’s raincoat”, white pumpkin – “the goddess gourd” , urad dal (black gram) – “Aladdin’s cave of nutrition” etc. How the Banana Goes to Heaven and Other Secrets of Health from the Indian Kitchen has been one of the three books nominated for the ‘best cookbook from India’ award in their respective categories by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau. The book has been transformed into audio-books and is available at iTunes. About Ratna Rajaiah Ratna Rajaiah started her career in the advertising industry with a stint at Rediffusion Advertising, one of India’s top advertising agencies. Apart from writing the book, How the Banana Goes to Heaven she has written extensively for a host of top newspapers and magazines like The Hindu, India Today, Mid Day etc. Ratna Rajaiah has followed a very perfectionist style of writing. She has meticulously marshaled all the relevant facts. Ratna Rajaiah graduated from Lady Sri Ram College with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature. She has a post-graduate MBA degree from IIM, Calcutta. She has also worked as a director in Yash Chopra’s television software company, Metavision.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789380658605
  • Publisher: Westland Books Pvt Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 9380658605
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2010


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