I am always happy to try new vegan cookbooks so when I was offered this ebook, I was happy to accept. This is my honest review.
First, I feel the need to point out that this is not a “raw” vegan cookbook by any stretch of the imaginations. So, I dodn’t think the word “raw” belongs in the title! It is very misleading and anyone who follows a raw vegan diet would be very upset that they paid for a non-raw cookbook! That said,Bill and I do not follow a raw diet, just vegan. We both love Asian food, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian, especially! Asian encompasses a lot of the world. Don’t expect this cookbook to cover it all. It is mainly Chinese and a bit Japanese.
It’s unusual to see breakfast recipes in an Asian cookbook, so to see them in this cookbook was a unique surprise. I have the same breakfast every morning and like to keep it lite so I didn’t try any of the breakfasts yet. However, some of the dishes work for lunch, like the Breakfast Wanton Soup.
I made the Salt and Pepper Tofu listed in appetizers but think it would also be a good main dish with some brown rice. I also made the Hot and Sour Soup. The two made a nice dinner for the two of us with leftover soup for lunch the next day. I look forward to trying the Asian Chili Tofu, also in the appetizers section. Another night I made the Tofu Udon. I used firm tofu instead of the silken tofu because Bill doesn’t like silken tofu. It was good! I also made the Sriacha Fried Rice for another dinner. I’m a cook who like to make several dishes for one meal unless we have friends over. We can’t eat as much as we use to and it just takes up too much time.
One of my favorite vegetables in Asian recipes is eggplant so I made the Spicy Eggplant. The recipe did not specify what variety of eggplant to use so I use Japanese, my favorite kind. It was delicious! There were a couple Indian inspired recipes but I would have like to have seen more. I look forward to trying more of the recipes.
4/5
About Sam Kuma
Sam Kuma is passionate about sharing his culinary experience to the world. His work involves modernization of healthy diet plans. He is good at vegan, ketogenic, paleo, dash and several ethnic cuisines. His main focus is to make healthy diets like vegan and ketogenic mainstream by producing delicious, appetizing recipes. In his first two books regarding Vegan recipes, he has produced delicious Vegan Chocolate meals, Vegan Desserts, Vegan Ice Creams, Vegan Burgers and Sandwiches.
Buy Vegan: Asian Vegan Recipes for a Dairy Free Raw Vegan Lifestyle by Sam Kuma
