Good, Honest, Indian Food: Home-Cooked Recipes from My Kitchen

A collection of inviting Indian recipes to cook at home, including street food and snacks, curries and rice, and the all-important chutneys and raitas, as well as lightly spiced desserts.

Magical spice powders, sizzling dried whole spices, noisy popping saucepans, aromatic smells, colorful foods... this is what sums up great home-cooked Indian food. In this book, Nitisha walks you through a myriad of spices to understand how each one adds flavor, as well as how they complement each other for different dishes. The excitement, freshness, and snack-friendly appeal of street food leads to an explosive mixture of flavors in recipes for Fish Pakoras, Smokin’ Fiery Chicken Wings, Deep-fried Spiced Potato, Samosa Chaat, and Dhokla Muffins. The beauty of curry is that nothing defines what makes a good curry--recipes vary meaning that the possibilities are endless. Nitisha’s recipes for curry include Keralan Shrimp Curry, Uncle Rambo’s Goat Curry, Paneer Kadhai, and Gosht Aloo Saag Masala. Celebratory dishes are also here, with Masala Grilled Lobster, Tandoori Spatchcock Poussin, and Hariyali Salmon. While vegetarian dishes are great as sides and entrées: try a variety of dhals, Channa Masala, and Pili Pili Chips. And if all that wasn’t feast enough, finish up with some sweet treats, such as Pistachio and Rose Water Ice Cream, and Mango and Mint Kulfi.

Nitisha Patel is an award-winning chef and food consultant from the West Midlands who has dedicated her life to exploring food and flavor. Nitisha was previously Product Manager for Faccenda Foods and worked daily on new and exciting ranges of food that deliver on flavor. She has numerous achievements under her belt including her first cookbook--My Modern Indian Kitchen, second cookbook, The Delicious Book Of Dhal, being recognized as the Black Country’s Master of Food, being awarded as the Midlands’ Rising Star in food, drink & hospitality 2017, and developing convenience meals for some of the UK’s largest supermarket brands. Nitisha, now the company director of Nitisha Patel Foods Ltd, runs and manages her own food consultancy business. She lives in Wolverhampton, UK.