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“My new book also includes approximately 30 different kinds of tempting flat bread recipes with chapatti, pratha, puri, bathura, luchi and dosa,” she said. Abrol, who used to co-own Shiva Restaurant with her husband in Fremont, California, also included recipes that were especially popular with their customers. “I remember that cucumber, potato, peanut and eggplant raita were most liked by our American clients,” she said. For people who want to try Indian food but feel like it might be difficult to cook, Abrol said her cookbooks are a great place to start. “The recipes are written in simple language and the method of cooking is easy and explained in detail,” she said. “It is a very easy-to-follow book. I believe if the meal is cooked at home with love and compassion, the food
Sudesh Abrol’s daughter, Chandler Realtor Shivani Dallas, has fond memories of her mom’s cooking. She encouraged Abrol to write a cookbook and share some of her favorite recipes.
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becomes healthy and heavenly and brings the family together.” The ingredients are also readily available, Abrol said, with the spices, herbs, lentils, nuts and veggies found at local ethnic grocery stores. Abrol, who also teaches cooking and other classes about healthy living at the Snedigar Recreation Center and Senior Center in Chandler, said her students range in age from 17 to 80, and are amazed to see how easy it is to prepare authentic Indian food. “They love the delicious basmati rice pilaf, green fried rice, delicious ‘fat cutter’ lentil soup, chapati and stuffed pratha with spiced potatoes. They enjoy and ask for a second serving of simple potato curry.” Abrol’s daughter, Chandler Realtor Shivani Dallas, said she and her sisters encouraged their mom to write a cookbook for years. “She doesn’t realize her own talents,”
Dallas said. “We know so many great chefs at topnotch restaurants who would come over just to eat her cooking. We watched how they questioned her for hours in hopes on replicating what she cooked. Now I watch her teach others how to and I am amazed how natural this is for her.” Abrol, whose next book “Clean Eating” will be published soon, said she is delighted to help novice and more experienced cooks. “In the restaurants, they are so expensive and at home you can cook the same scrumptious meals many times for the same amount you spend elsewhere,” she said. “Indian cooking is not difficult. It just takes a bit of practice. One needs to have love for the family and food. When you talk of love, love wins always.” For more information on Abrol and her books, visit http://sudesh.info.
Enjoy Southwest tea with an Irish flair Enjoy master bagpiper Len Wood, tea and baskets during the 2016 Chandler-Tullamore Sister Cities’ fifth annual Southwest Tea from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Chandler Community Center, 125 E. Commonwealth Ave. Co-chairwomen Patricia Prior and Maureen Sullivan have prepared a menu for all tastes. More than 18 table hosts are “decorating” the lunch tables with their individual themes and creative imagination, plus baking desserts. Pastor Victor Hardy will lend his vocals to the classic “Danny Boy.” In addition to celebrating with a diverse group of local entertainers, this occasion will showcase the CTSC’s current and future projects, including the International Exhibit
of Sister Cities International’s 2016 Art & Author Showcase at the Vision Gallery in April; its participation in the 2017 Sister Cities International Young Artists and Authors program; a wine and design evening; and sales of the “Desert Fare” Cookbook, a collaboration between Seton Catholic High School and Tullamore’s Sacred Heart High School. The group will share information about its planned guided trip to Ireland in June. The guest speaker is Gene Kelly’s daughter, Colleen Kelly Beaman with her memories of “Growing Up Kelly!” Beaman, the president of the Tucson-Roscommon, Ireland Sister Cities, owns a dance studio in Tucson. She is the standard bearer of
the Kelly dancing tradition, having taught, choreographed and performed for more than 40 years throughout the United States and Canada. An adjunct professor for Pima Community College in Tucson, Beaman is extremely proud to be a descendent of the Kelly clan, who ruled a territory in western Ireland including Roscommon. Barbara Mandalfino, whose business is Ireland Traveler, will give a presentation on “Researching Your Celtic Roots.” Mandalfino is a fixture on the genealogy floor of the McClelland Irish Library at the Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix. She will give an overview of resources available at the library and have fliers about upcoming events. Tickets are $18 for adults, and $10 for
children 11 and younger, in advance. On the day of the event, without registration, tickets are $20 for adults. To purchase tickets, visit chandlerirish.org. Doors open at 10:30, with the meal beginning at 11 a.m. CTSC was created to join Chandler and Tullamore, Ireland, as Sister Cities through Sister Cities International. Their mission is to “cultivate and maintain a strong reciprocal relationship between Chandler and Tullamore to encourage cultural understanding, community involvement, economic development, and educational exchanges.” CTSC offers a variety of membership gatherings, informational meetings and other benefits throughout the year.
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