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Tarla Dalal

She is India’s best - selling cookery author since over 2 decades. She has written a total of 100 titles, several of which have been translated in various languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali and even Dutch and Russian! The total sales of her cookery books exceed 3 million copies. Her first book ‘The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking’, which was published in 1974, was an instant success with Indian housewives. The book, which is considered a classic in cookery books, has sold record 1,50,000 copies. In addition to writing cookbooks, Ms. Tarla Dalal also has a major web presence in the form of tarladalal.com, the largest Indian food site.


Cooking & More...a bimonthly magazine is a natural extension of Tarla Dalal to reach out to millions of her fans. Cooking & more provides information and inspiration…not just kitchen related, but pertaining to other areas of our lives as well. Her cookery show "Cook it Up with Tarla Dalal" is aired weekly on Sony Entertainment Television. The show broadcast all over South East Asia, India, the Gulf, UK and even the US.

She has demonstrated her cuisine a healthy and tasty creative option through her cookery demonstration in large parts of India and many major cities of the world such as Tokyo, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brussels Antwerp, Lisbonss, Zurich, Nairobi, London, Toronto, New York etc. Ms. Tarla Dalal writes a large number of cookery columns for various publications, newspapers and magazines like Indian Express, Dainik Jagaran, Manorama, Mid-Day, Femina, Afternoon, Loksatta, Lokprabha, The Telegraph (Calcutta), Malayala Manorama, Abhiyan, Stree etc. have carried her cookery columns. The electronic media including various TV stations/channels has extensively covered her recipes.

Indian Merchant Chambers presented award to Smt. Tarla Dalal for Women of the year, an Indian Woman with a family who has, through her entrepreneurial skill and tremendous efforts, moved beyond woman's traditional role of cooking and brought it to millions of people across the globe through her very well written and highly appreciated books on cookery, Cooking & more food magazine and internet website: tarladalal.com