Soups Salads And Starters

Soups Salads & Starters

by  Nita Mehta

There is nothing more pleasing than a hot soup to warm and cheer you up on a cold wintry day and nothing better than a chilled cold soup to cool you down on a hot summer day.

A salad can be an appetizer, a side dish, a snack or a main course. So say good bye to the traditional salads and say hello to the unusual. The recipes are created to give pleasure to the most discriminating tastes and add splendor, colour & excitement to every meal. However, keeping in with today's demand, the use of heavy creams & thickening agents have been kept to a minimum. In most of the soups, vegetables themselves have been used as thickening agents. The soups given here are all simple and quick to prepare.

Some unusual starters/accompaniments are included to go with your soups & salads.

About the Author :-


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 250 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 awards

Zero Oil Cookbook, awarded as Best Health and Nutrition Cookbook
Chocolate Cookbook, awarded as Best Chocolate Cookbook
Cooking for Growing Children, awarded as Best Cookbook for Children & Familys

In a span of a few years, over 3.5 million Nita Mehta cookbooks have been sold. The secret of her success is her thorough & meticulous approach towards her books.


Nita Mehta has done cooking programmes for various TV channels and has conducted cooking classes in USA, UK, Canada and several other countries.


She also has several cooking institutes under the name of "Nita Mehta Culinary Academy" in New Delhi (India), where she has trained several thousand aspiring individuals into expert cooks. In addition, she creates recipes for food-related companies around the world.


Nita Mehta, the celebrity cookbook author, has another ace up her sleeve. She has published unique children books under her company - Nita Mehta Publications. Nita Mehta Publication is specialized publishing house producing exquisite children books. Learning is never easy for children. But now you can make learning fun by using these simply written and beautifully illustrated children books by Nita Mehta Publications. These books not only entertain children but also inculcate wisdom and good values in them to help them face day to day challenges of life.


“The books are written in a simple language with lots of illustrations to make understanding easier and make the experience enjoyable,” says Anurag Mehta CEO of Nita Mehta Publication. Till now, Nita Mehta Publications, has published over 60 titles in Children books, ranging from Mythological ones like Tell me about Hindu Gods and Goddesses, Tales of Shiva, Tales of Vishnu, Tell me about Hinduism, Classic Tales of India, to Historical ones like Glorious History of India, Festivals of India and even adventure tales.


Recently 'Tales of Arabia' published by Nita Mehta Publications was honoured the Excellence in Book Production Award by Federation of Indian Publishers.


“My call has always been to make it easy for a mother, whether it is cooking or teaching her child. This laid the foundation for Nita Mehta Publications,” says Nita Mehta.