Uma believes that Indian cuisine is more than just tasty food. The cuisine is loaded with the ancient Vedic wisdom that adds the goodness of spices not only to enhance the taste but add healthful benefits. She pursued her passion for Indian cooking in 2002, after retirement, by giving cooking classes at the adult education centre at the College of Southern Nevada. She published her first illustrated book, The Exquisite World of Indian Cuisine in 2010. She has to her credit other cook books: America’s Favorite Recipes – Part-I, and Melting Pot Cuisine, America’s Favorite Recipes – Part II. She has other cook books in the pipeline that are loaded with gustatory excitement: Incredible Taste of Indian Non-Vegetarian Cooking; Turmeric – The Real Gold of India; America’s Favorite Recipes – Part III.