Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes

When I tested my recipes for The Indian
Slow Cooker, I found that spices placed
in the slow cooker—even without being
toasted—and cooked for hours at a time
provide the same flavor that they would
if they had been toasted the traditional
way: heated in oil on the stovetop before
adding them to a dish. Try it—you’ll be
convinced! My mother was one of the
first in this country to extensively use
slow cookers to make Indian food. Most
South Asians still use a pressure cooker,
which compresses and locks in steam to
cook ingredients very rapidly. While this
can be a last-minute time saver, many of
the younger set of the Indian community
have seen our mothers’ pressure cookers
blow up. Thus, we’re reluctant to use