Aarti Quotes & Sayings

When you look around and there are no answers, where do you go from there? — Aarti Patel

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 you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around. — Aarti Sequeira

Karma is not elitist. — Aarti Patel

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

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 long and hard about when I'm going to be able to make that ... so I try to simplify the spices to three or four. — Aarti Sequeira

Nobody wants to feel dirty, but everyone has to wipe their own butt. — Aarti Patel

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

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 curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?' — Aarti Sequeira

Why am I quoting myself? — Aarti Patel

If you want to hear more like this, just subscribe to my face. — Aarti Patel

I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things. — Aarti Mann

Every sitcom needs their straight man or straight woman. — Aarti Mann

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

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

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. There's been so much interest in Indian culture. — Aarti Sequeira

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 pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me. — Aarti Sequeira

In Kolkata is a temple where the deity worshipped is Amitabh Bachchan. The daily aarti is performed to the chanting of the Amitabh Chaleesa. And people still ask, 'Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?' — Ashwin Sanghi

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

My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push me toward it, which is really unconventional for Indian families to do. — Aarti Mann

I'd really love to get back into commercials, actually. I love how quick and breezy they are. And honestly, they pay really well. — Aarti Mann

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 'I Ain't Chicken Chicken' because I finally felt bold and fearless in the kitchen, which was an entirely new feeling for me. — Aarti Sequeira

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 Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from. — Aarti Sequeira

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 my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it. — Aarti Sequeira