Summer is the season to unwind and relax, away from scorching heat within the cool confines of your homes.  And it is also vacation time when a lot of entertaining takes place. Offer a spread of cool and delicious treats to your guests.  Melon Ball Salad, chilled Gazpacho, Minty Iced Spiced Tea, Crudites with Herbed Paneer or the ever popular Paani Puri with chilled and spiced pani will simply enchant your guests.  For sweet endings try a Pineapple Yogurt Fool or Amras with Kesar and watch the guests simply lap them up.  You will find all these and many more chilled-out recipes within this book.

Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine today. Chef Extraordinaire, TV show host, author of nine best-selling cookbooks, restaurant consultant and winner of several culinary awards, he recently started amongst the most famous chefs of the world on Richard Quest’s show on CNN. Driven by a dream of making Indian cuisine the number one cuisine in the world, his passion drives everything he explores on national and international platforms. He hosts Khana Khazana, the longest running and highly rated cookery show on Zee TV that is being aired non-stop since 1993. The show has been awarded he Best Cookery Show by the Indian Television Academy (ITA) a record five times in a row since it’s inception.

His first book Khazana of Indian Recipes published by Popular Prakashan has sold more than a million copies and is in now in it’s 12th reprint. His other books Khazana of Healthy Tasty Recipes, Khana Khazana: Celebration of Indian Cookery, Low Calorie Vegetarian Cookbook, Any Time Temptations, Best of Chinese Cooking, Simply Indian, Microwave Cooking Made Easy, and Konkan Cookbook have received rave reviews. His recently released CD ROM titled Ode to Indian Food has created ripples in the market.