Andu Paatti's cookbook by Andal Rangaswamy

Published by Thirumalai Charity Trust Publications, the book is a treasure house of authentic Tamil Iyengar cuisine. Although the book covers some north Indian recipes too, one can look forward to the entire list of South Indian vegetarian cuisine in the book. Apart from the foreword, translators preface, the author's experiences, there are also notes on glossary, pre-cooking stages and kitchen management.

The recipes are classified as

1. Pongals and payasams (Jaggery and sugar based)

2. Mixed rice varieties

3. Masala and spiced powder

4. Sambar and kuzhambu varieties

5. Rasam varieties

6. Koottu varieties with tamarind

7. Koottu varieties without tamarind

8. Masiyal varieties

9. Kottu varieties -North Indian

10. Dry vegetable curries

11. Leafy green vegetable varieties

12. Fried snacks -Vadai, bhajji, bonda etc

13. Thuvaiyal varieties

14. Chutney varieties

15. Pachadi varieties

16. Uncooked foods, sprouts and salads

17. Chapathi, paratha and poori varieties

18. Idli, dosai varieties

19. Uppuma, sevai, kozhukkattai varieties

20. Kesari, Okkorai, Poli, Puttu etc

21. Sugar based sweets- Mysore pak, burfi, laddoo, halwa etc

22. Jaggery based sweets- Manoharam, Kadalai urundai, suhian, sojji appam etc

23. Fried savoury snacks -Murukku, cheedai, thattai, thenkuzhal, omapodi etc

24. Chips - Potato, Banana, yam etc

25. Pickles - Mango, lime, gooseberry

26. Dehydrated wafers and other vathals

27. Home made remedies and deepavali lehiyam

An ideal gift for a newly wed South Indian bride and an amateur in cooking ......

Best of Indian Sweets and Desserts by Aroona Reejhsinghani

Author : Aroona Reejhsinghani

Publisher: Jaico publishing house

The book covers sweet varieties from various parts of India. Although there are no pictures of the dish, there are lot of recipes classified according to the states..

1. Explanation of cooking terms

2. Cooking glossary

3. Food colours

4. Helfpful hints

5. Uttar pradesh

6. Bihar

7. Rajasthan

8. Goa

9. Kashmir

10. Kerala

11. Tamilnadu

12. Kanara

13. Mangalore

14. Mysore

15. Andhra

16. Hyderabad

17. Punjab and Haryana

18. Orissa

19. Bengal

20. Maharashtra

21. Gujarat

22. Parsi

23. Sindhi

If homemade sweets are an integral part of your food, this book would definetely serve the purpose of exploring the sweet varieties prepared all over India.

100 Easy recipes with Oats by Mallika Badrinath

Author : Mrs Mallika Badrinath

Publisher: Pradeep Enterprises

The latest offering from the popular South Indian cookery book author, this book focuses on use of the healthy cereal oats in various Indian recipes. The recipes are all vegetarian and oats has been included as a variation in South Indian recipes.

The book starts with introduction to oats, health benefits and other general information about oats. The recipes have been classified as -

1. Breakfast recipes

2. Soups

3. Sweets

4. Luncheon recipes

5. Snacks

6. Other recipes

Almost all the recipes in the book require ingredients that are normally used in day to day cooking. If you have been one who thought that oats can be consumed only as porridge, this book is definetely one you should own.

Dals and Kadhi by Sanjeev Kapoor

Author :Sanjeev Kapoor

Publisher : Popular Prakasan Pvt ltd

The pictures in the book are the main attraction and one is sure to get lost in them as in every Sanjeev Kapoor's cook book..

There is a small one line introduction to each of the recipes. As the name suggests it covers only dals and kadhis as prepared in various parts of India.

The book would be useful to those for whom dals or kadhi are an essential part of the food each day.