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= Julie Sahni = Julie Sahni is an Indian-American chef and cookbook author who introduced north Indian cooking to many Americans beginning in 1980 when her 560-page Classic Indian Cooking was published. She tested the recipes in the book for seven years before it was published.

articles to look through

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/kitchen-notes/an-undersung-trailblazer-of-indian-cooking

https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/what-chef-and-food-writer-julie-sahni-taught-me

https://geniuspodcast.food52.com/episodes/sarsoon-ka-saag-legend-julie-sahni

https://www.eater.com/22981724/matar-paneer-recipe-julie-sahni-classic-indian-cooking

https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2019/11/julie-sahni-taught-my-mother-how-cook-everything

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/14/archives/the-indian-brunch-fragrant-feast-indian-brunch-fragrant-feast.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/10/archives/proper-use-of-spices-key-to-indian-cooking-whole-spices-used-pullao.html

https://www.mothersbistro.com/mother-of-the-month/archive/julie-sahni/

https://www.thejuggernaut.com/julie-sahni-is-doing-just-fine

Early life and education in India
She was born October 16, 1945, to Padma and Venkataraman Ranganathan Iyer, the second of their four daughters. She learned to be a Bharatanatyam dancer and traveled world wide to perform.

Urban planning education and career, 1968 to 1980?
In 1968, Sahni immigrated to the United States to attend Columbia University for her graduate degree in urban planning.

Restaurant executive chef, 1983-1986
Nirvana

Cooking career, 2020 to present
In 2020, she told Food and Wine she was working on a new book about recipes of the Indian diaspora and had just "two more places to travel to."

Books

 * Classic Indian Cooking (1980) - ISBN
 * Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking (1985) - ISBN
 * Moghul Microwave: Cooking Indian Food the Modern Way (1990) - ISBN
 * Savoring Spices and Herbs (1996) - ISBN
 * Classic Indian Cookery (1997 or 1988?) - ISBN
 * Julie Sahni's Introduction to Indian Cooking (1998) - ISBN
 * Classic Indian Vegetarian Cookery (1999) - ISBN
 * Indian Regional Classics: Fast, Fresh, and Healthy Home Cooking (2001) - ISBN
 * Savoring India: Recipes and Reflections on Indian Cooking (2001) - ISBN

Personal life
She was married to Viraht Sahni, a physicist, and they had a son, Vishal Raj, in November 1979. They divorced after the publication of Classic Indian Cooking.