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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : November 6, 2013 5:34 PM IST
Whether you like to cook or not, you most certainly have heard the name Tarla Dalal. A noted Indian chef whose culinary skills inspired several first-timers to venture in the kitchen and whip out something easy yet tasty, breathed her last this morning. She died of a heart attack at 7 AM today morning at her residence in South Mumbai.
Tarla Dalal was not only India's first master chef; she brought cuisines from four corners of the country to people's homes. To paraphrase Tagore, she broke down the narrow domestic walls, and she did it gastronomically. Her books had a thousand recipes from across the country and it introduced the different cultures in India to their brethren's cuisines.
Mrs Dalal started cooking classes from her home in 1966 and soon her passion led to the publication of the her first book in 1974. The book was a huge success and over a 100 more followed. Many of them were translated into a variety of languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali and even Dutch and Russian! She was awarded the Padma Shree by the government of India in 2007.
To battle with increasing obesity and health issues, in 2007, she started the Total Health Series which included The Pregnancy Cookbook, Baby and Toddler food, Delicious Diabetic Recipes, Fast foods made Healthy, Zero Oil Rotis & Subzis, Healthy Soups and Salads, Cooking with 1 Teaspoon of Oil, Low Calorie Sweets and Calcium Rich Recipes and other healthy options. Even in today's digital age, the Tarla Dalal brand lives on with her website offering over 15,000 different recipes.
The Tarla Dalal Facebook pageleft a message:
Dear All,
We would like to thank all of you for your support and affection through the years of Mrs. Tarla Dalal's career. She is no more with us as she expired in the early hours of this morning. We thank her for all the happiness that her talent has given to us and our families...
With all our love,
Tarla Dalal's Team
We guess that's as good an analogy as any. There's no greater joy than that joy of food and Mrs Dalal gave it to us for a long, long time!
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