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13 quotes by Aarti Sequeira

Aarti Sequeira is an Indian chef and television personality, best known as the winner of the sixth season of Food Network's reality television show, The Next Food Network Star. As a result of that victory, her show Aarti Party premiered on the network on August 22, 2010. She had previously worked as a CNN news producer and in 2008 started the online cooking variety show Aarti Paarti. She currently hosts another cooking show, Taste in...
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I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of... →

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Indian food has been huge in the UK forever and ever, but that's because it has a historical rooting. America, I think is really ripe for it.... →

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It was improv that really helped me start coming up with recipes and just believe in my instincts. That's why the first recipe I made up was... →

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The food in south India is the food that I really love because it reminds me of home.

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I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.

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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is... →

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So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set... →

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I simplify the spices. I'm the same way as everybody else: if I look at a recipe and there's ten spices in it, I'm going to have to think... →

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I don't cook fancy every day. I don't think anybody can, nor would it be very good for you.

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I'm more comfortable weaving Indian flavors into American classics.

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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.

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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way... →

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I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on... →

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