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The book is a valuable storehouse of delectable fare from the Benares Ki Rasoi - from Cool drinks like Mango Panna, Kanji and various kinds of sherbet to appetisers like Corn fritters, Raj Kachori to main dishes like Kofta, Arbi Dum etc. Shashi Prabha Jain hails from an illustrious Vaish family of Benares. She got married at a young age into a leading Jain family of Allahabad. Initiated into the fine art of cooking by her mother, she slowly imbibed the best of the two culinary trends - the sumptuousness of the Vaishnavite cuisine and the spartan simplicity of the typical Jain food. It was a happy convergence of the cuisines of Eastern UP and Bihar. Today, she presides of a large joint family. Her cooking skills have been continously enriched and refined by interaction with the new generation of her "betis and bahus".