India’s first celebrity cook, Tarla Dalal, died here Wednesday following a cardiac arrest, family sources said. She passed away at her residence in south Mumbai.
A widow, Dalal was 77 years old and is survived by three children. She leaves behind a rich legacy of over 17,000 recipes created by her.
A household name specializing in vegetarian cuisine, Dalal penned over 100 cookery books which sold more than three million copies. She was conferred the Padma Shri in 2007.
Born in Pune in 1936 in a conservative family, she shifted to Mumbai after her marriage with Naveen Dalal in 1960 and launched cookery classes at her south Mumbai home in 1966.
With her unique and simple styles of whipping up the best of Indian vegetarian cuisine, Dalal’s classes became very popular with a long waiting list of prospective women wanting to join and learn the culinary art.
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