I know some of you only follow me on here and not on my other social media, so I wanted to let you know the very exciting news that my new cookbook ‘Seven Kitchens: A Journey Through India’s Culinary Heritage’ has just launched. It has been 2 years in the making and hours of writing, recipe testing and researching. I am really pleased with how it has turned out.
Let me tell you what it is about. The ‘Seven Kitchens’ refers to seven different groups of people who came and settled in India for a variety of reasons, which I explain in the book, and it looks at how these groups of people style of cooking, techniques, ingredients and influences merged with what was there to create ‘fusion’ cooking and what we now know as Indian cuisine. Did you know that before the Portuguese arrived in Goa tomatoes, chilli and potatoes were not used in Indian cooking? They were discovered in South America and with the trade routes the Portuguese were able to bring them to India.
The Seven Kitchens are:
Goan Portuguese
Indo Chinese
Anglo Indian
Parsi
Syrian Christian
Tibetan Nepalese
Mughal
There are 101 recipes (56 are vegetarian) and they all have photographs that were styled by me and my photographer Tim Green. We also did all the prop styling too which I really enjoy.
Let me show you a peek inside the book.
Colourful, eye-catching and importantly inviting – I hope – to inspire you to actually try making the recipes. I think you are going to love them.
It will make THE perfect gift (birthday/Christmas/any occasion) for yourself or friends.
Here are some of many options of where you can order it from (just click on the name of the shop). They are also available at ALL independent bookshops. IF they don’t have a copy in they can order it within 48 hours – so do support them if you can.
My publisher Meze Publishing
Please leave a review (on Amazon – you don’t have to have bought from Amazon to leave a review – as it really helps others find out about the book).
I’m off on the road again this week touring with my book so maybe I will see some of you at the various events that I will be at. Take care and thank you for all your support.
CHILLI & MINT 