About nita mehtaindias most celebrated cookbook author, not only founded the largest publishing house of cookbooks in india but is also the force behind a successful chain of cooking academies. And all this in just a few yearsnita was always passionate about cooking and thus experimented often at home, trying out new recipes for family and friends. Seeing the appreciation she received for her cooking, she decided to put her talent to use. She started taking ice cream classes at home. The response to her classes was tremendous eager students kept pouring in to learn the unusual ice creams which nita taught like the mocha ice cream, mint, choco-chip, etc which were a new fad in those days. Later she introduced other courses like multicuisne, baking, chinese. Encouraged by her students demand for new recipes, nita mehta decided to write a cookbook.Nita mehta is a home science graduate from lady irwin college, delhi university and a gold medalist in m.Sc. (Food nutrition). She has authored more than 300 books on various topics including more than 350 best selling cookery books. Her book flavours of indian cooking won the best asian cookbook award at the versailles (paris) world cookbook fair. Three of her other books have also won international awardszero oil cookbook, awarded as best health and nutrition cookbookchocolate cookbook, awarded as best chocolate cookbookcooking for growing children, awarded as best cookbook for children familyabout spicescoriander, red chilli,mango powder, cumin,black pepper, black cardamom, black salt, fennel,dry ginger, bay leaf,mace, cloves, nosader, iodized salt, nutmeg.