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The Modern Tiffin: On-the-Go Vegan Dishes with a Global Flair

The Modern Tiffin: On-the-Go Vegan Dishes with a Global Flair

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  • Create Date：2021-07-27 03:21:17
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Priyanka Naik
  • ISBN：198217708X
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Reviews

Alexandra ，

A few meal ideas for those wanting to take with you。 regular recipe setup and introductory information at front - about tiffins， tools and ingredients。

Faith ，

The author is a self-taught， Indian-American， vegan， food blogger。 All of the recipes are not only vegan but are designed to be portable in a tiffin - a multi layer carrier that accommodates a different component of a meal in each layer。 At the end of each recipe is a tip to make it portable。 Each recipe is portioned to serve 2， but can be doubled。 The beginning of the book has sections on tools， spices， storage and preparation advice and ingredients。 At the end is a glossary that includes some The author is a self-taught， Indian-American， vegan， food blogger。 All of the recipes are not only vegan but are designed to be portable in a tiffin - a multi layer carrier that accommodates a different component of a meal in each layer。 At the end of each recipe is a tip to make it portable。 Each recipe is portioned to serve 2， but can be doubled。 The beginning of the book has sections on tools， spices， storage and preparation advice and ingredients。 At the end is a glossary that includes some brand recommendations。 Each chapter has 5 recipes and explores a country and culture to which the author has traveled or grew up experiencing。 The tiffins are: Maharashtrian， South Indian， Italian， American Comfort， Indo-Chinese， South Asian， Mexican， Spanish， Australian and Middle Eastern。 There is a separate chapter on drinks。 I love Indian food but I don’t cook it because it is too much work。 This book has some recipes that sound delicious， but many are way too much work and use too many ingredients。 This issue is compounded if you intend to actually fill up a tiffin and prepare all of the dishes。 To make the Italian meal， for example， you would need over 70 ingredients。 Of course nothing would prevent you from just cooking one or two of the dishes。 Some of the recipes that sounded good to me are: Indian home fries with peanuts， cumin and chilies， tofu banh mi， falafel-pear lettuce wrap， and chipotle black bean and corn tostada。 I might make some of the recipes， but I am not fond enough of cooking to spend a day filling one of these tiffins。 The book didn’t have many pictures and a lot of the ones that were included were pictures of the author。 There were some puzzlingly unbalanced combinations in some of the tiffins。 The Italian tiffin had bruschetta， 2 pastas and risotto， the American tiffin had grilled cheese， grits， 2 cornbread variations and macaroni and cheese and the South Asian tiffin had a sandwich and 2 noodle dishes。 I received a free copy of this book from the publisher。 。。。more

Mags ，

An exceptional Indian cookbook！ Not only do the vegetarian dishes sound divine， but I loved the personal touches of history and education the author peppered throughout。 A modern cookbook that would do well on any home cook's shelves。 An exceptional Indian cookbook！ Not only do the vegetarian dishes sound divine， but I loved the personal touches of history and education the author peppered throughout。 A modern cookbook that would do well on any home cook's shelves。 。。。more

Lori Holuta ，

A wonderfully chatty and culturally informative cookbook。 I'd recommend this to anyone wishing to learn more about India， even if they don't care about cooking！ Author Priyanka Naik shares her Staten Island （Yes！ New York！） childhood memories， as well as insights on Indian family life， religion， culture， and of course the incredible diversity of Indian food。You'll learn how to temper spices， a technique that was a real eye-opener to me。 But in her excellent conversational style， Priyanka explain A wonderfully chatty and culturally informative cookbook。 I'd recommend this to anyone wishing to learn more about India， even if they don't care about cooking！ Author Priyanka Naik shares her Staten Island （Yes！ New York！） childhood memories， as well as insights on Indian family life， religion， culture， and of course the incredible diversity of Indian food。You'll learn how to temper spices， a technique that was a real eye-opener to me。 But in her excellent conversational style， Priyanka explains not only the how， but the why of it。 Mastering this technique will enhance all your Indian food recipes， so pay attention， and learn。 I'll admit I've thought of Indian food as complicated and intimidating。 I love it， but until reading The Modern Tiffin I never thought about trying my own hand at it。 But now I want to—and here's two of the reasons I'm convinced to try。 First: I cook low-sodium， due to my husband's heart condition。 So does Priyanka。 And when she explained how she played with classic Italian bruschetta to give it a delicious Indian-twist， I relaxed。 Priyanka grew up in two cultures， India and New York City， and happily fuses her favorite comfort foods together。 That sounds fun。 That sounds like something I want to be a part of。 As she says about combining bruschetta with her mother's Maharashtrian style Chole， a chickpea-based dish， "Two completely different dishes， but together they make the marriage that no one saw coming—almost like Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas， eh？"My thanks to author Priyanka Naik， Tiller Press， and NetGalley for allowing me to read a digital advance review copy of this book。 This review is my honest and unbiased opinion。 。。。more

（a）lyss（a） ，

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。This book was around 3。5 stars for me。I like cook books with lots of pictures of the finished dishes and this book didn't have a lot of pictures。This book has a variety of recipes that are different takes on vegan versions of Indian food。 There's recipes for Indian dishes mixed with Italian， Mexican， Spanish， and other dishes！ The recipes are vegan and focus on the use of nuts and vegetables。 Some of the recipes se I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。This book was around 3。5 stars for me。I like cook books with lots of pictures of the finished dishes and this book didn't have a lot of pictures。This book has a variety of recipes that are different takes on vegan versions of Indian food。 There's recipes for Indian dishes mixed with Italian， Mexican， Spanish， and other dishes！ The recipes are vegan and focus on the use of nuts and vegetables。 Some of the recipes seem a bit time intensive but overall seem interesting。This book was an interesting find！ 。。。more

Janet ，

Date reviewed/posted: March 17， 2021Publication date: November 2， 2021When life for the entire galaxy and planet has turned on its end， you are continuing to #maskup and #lockdown to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #thirdwave （#fourthwave #fifthwave？） is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author i Date reviewed/posted: March 17， 2021Publication date: November 2， 2021When life for the entire galaxy and planet has turned on its end， you are continuing to #maskup and #lockdown to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #thirdwave （#fourthwave #fifthwave？） is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。Champion the diversity and versatility of vegan cooking with these delicious， unique recipes sure to break the mould。For as long as veganism has been in the mainstream media， there have been many misconceptions about vegan cooking—that it’s not portable， diverse， versatile， or tasty。 But that’s simply not the case。 With such appealing and intriguing recipes， Chef Priyanka upends some of the long-held vegan assumptions with The Modern Tiffin。This book goes far beyond expectations of the standard Western meal: meat， potatoes， and vegetables。 Vegetables can indeed be the star of the dish， rather than merely a forgotten side dish。 Including an array of fifty-five vegan recipes， such as the Italian Tiffin， which uses chickpeas and garam masala to create a new bruschetta， or the American Comfort Tiffin， which includes a Southern riff on a traditional Indian dessert Gulab Jamun， The Modern Tiffin shares this versatility through delicious vegetable-focused recipes tying back to Priyanka’s childhood， travels to nearly forty countries， and life as a first-generation， Indian-American in New York CityI use a tiffin all the time – my coworkers think I am nuts as they think it is clunky and awkward but it keeps everything I don’t want mixed separate and not mixed together in one Tupperware container。 The recipes are well written and understandable by cooks of all levels and the photos make the food very appealing to myself and other lovers of food out there。 I loved that the recipes were mostly whole food （i。e。 not prepared in advance for from a box） and vegan but that I could also add animal products to them to make hubby happy and real cheese to make me smile for miles - cheese that does not come from an animal is udder nonsense！！ The fact that the recipes were all typically “Indian” so that they can appeal to all the family and not just me as they get sick of Indian food as I nake it all the time！As always， I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I simply adore emojis （outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube Millionaires/snowflakes / literally-like-overusers etc。 " on Instagram and Twitter。。。 Get a real job， people！） so let's give it 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 。。。more