Mira Mehta is a science graduate from Mumbai university in India, but since 1974 Tokyo has been her home. In the 1970’s, familiarity towards spices and Indian food was lacking in Japan and that stimulated her to embark on her culinary journey. She taught about spices/Indian cooking, wrote articles in newspapers, magazines, and appeared on TV cooking shows. She has been teaching about spices to young chefs at Japanese culinary schools and has published many books in Japanese on Indian cooking. To name a few: Healthy way to Indian cooking, and もっと食べたいインド料理―Quick & healthy Indian cooking