Back from office on a cold, rainy day, you get a call from your husband saying he has received a promotion! You’re elated and want to treat him to his favourite halwa. But alas! The thought of constant stirring and undisturbed attention puts you off! Then you remember the microwave sitting smugly in a corner of the kitchen, and happiness refills your heart! This is what the microwave revolution means to Indian women. No longer it is considered a tool to merely re-heat food, but a kitchen helper that enables hassle-free, smoke-free and tension free cooking, apart from the ease and speed of cooking, I feel the microwave also retains the freshness of vegetables, while enhancing the fragrance and flavour of spices. In short, microwave cooking offers a bundle of advantages as you will realise yourself after experimenting with these recipes in my revised edition of ‘microwave recipes’.The recipes in this book not only show you how various Indian and international recipes are made using the microwave, but also introduce you to different cooking methods and techniques in a natural way, without text-book like teaching. Experiment with microwave cooking, and you will realise how practical and useful it is.