Download or read book The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking written by Yamuna Devi and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 660 recipes, extensive appendices & "Cook's Workshop" include more than 20,000 American & metric weights & measures, each one checked twice in double-blind kitchen tests to assure accuracy & ease of cooking. The author, who comes from a family of gourmet chefs, spent six years in India researching the work & concluded that India's vegetarian cuisines spring from a vision of cooking as yoga, as a spiritual practice meant to purify & uplifts the soul.