From being a housewife to the owner of multiple businesses, chef and author Nita Mehta’s 40-year-old career has been truly remarkable. She is a distinguished celebrated chef and has penned over 600 wonderful books. Her books cover a multitude of cuisines from around the world. 450 of her books have been on the best-seller list, and in a very short span of a few years she has sold over 7.5 million books.
Many of her books have also won International Awards. She has conducted cooking classes in USA, UK, Canada and several other countries, and appeared on many TV channels in cookery shows. Her latest venture is Nita Mehta Foods: boxes of fresh ready-to-cook ingredients for different recipes. Starting in November 2017, it has already become a roaring success.
Let us know more about Kitchen Queen Nita Mehta……
WS: What was your inspiration to become a chef?
NM: As a child, aroma of a cake being baked at home fascinated me… also I watched my mother cook up a quick snack on our demands at any odd hour of the day …. With any thing available at home … and now I do it for my grand children!!
WS: What is your signature dish and What do people love about it?
NM: My family’s fav is shahi paneer and I love cooking it for them … but I keep calories in check by avoiding the cream and butter …. But of course it’s my shahi paneer masala which makes up for it
WS: Tell us the vision behind Kitchen Queen Nita Mehta Spices. What makes them unique in the market?
NM: My vision is all about kitchen solutions for home chefs. I try my best to make cooking simple and delicious at the same time. We have airtight bottle packing of our masalas which keeps them fresh
WS: How do you describe your overall cooking philosophy?
NM: Right combination of ingredients to bring out the real flavour of food…
WS: Tell us any three kitchen tools you can’t do without?
NM: A good big size heavy pan, chefs knife and a mixer grinder
WS:What are your strengths and your weaknesses as a chef?
NM: My precise and step by step instructions for every recipe I teach in a class or for my books. Now we have cookflix.in where u can get my online videos which r perfectly done to give u perfect results.And if I talk about my weakness, it is that I become too much of a perfectionist sometimes 🙂
WS:What chefs do you follow on social media (or admire their work and career in general)?
NM: Rachael Ray has short and quick recipes n I quite like her
WS: A takeaway note for aspiring chefs and WomenShine readers?
NM: Keep evolving …. But have your basic
Author’s bio:
A vivacious and lively girl living in Delhi, on her voyage for exploration of colours in life. A glimpse of what she does: Read, write, eat, Repeat
