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This book explodes the myth that food from Kerala is just mountains of rice, coconut and fish curry. It introduces the gourmet to the subtle flavours of over a hundred traditional recipes, presented for the first time with easy-to-follow instructions.

For Ummi Abdulla, cooking is an art. Many of her recipes have won prizes or special mentions in Femina and Eve's Weekly. Her talent was honed by a practical training course in cookery at the Madras Institute of Catering Technology. She takes cookery classes for ladies' clubs and women's organisations. She is familiar with Sri Lankan cookery having lived briefly off and on with Sinhalese families. She contributes regularly to Malayalam women's magazines. Coming from Kerala, she resides in Chennai and is married to a senior publishing consultant.

1. Book Review | Published in The Hindu, Chennai, 24 December 2023.
2. Book Review | Published in The Economic Times, New Delhi, 13 October 2019.
3. Book Review | Published in the scroll.in, 21 April 2018.