Asma Khan Livres

The narrative centers on the journey of an immigrant chef who transforms her family recipes into a celebrated restaurant experience. Through a culinary exploration that traces the historical route of the Darjeeling Express, the book features a variety of recipes inspired by her royal Mughlai heritage, emphasizing communal dining experiences. It includes simple and quick dishes for different occasions, with a focus on vegetarian options and traditional sweets. Ultimately, it celebrates culture, community, and the power of food to connect people.

Indian family food with heart My Ammu, mother, is the centre of our family. This book is a tribute to the simple home-cooking from her kitchen in Calcutta. These dishes will bring warmth to your kitchen when you need a quick meal or dish to share with your family and friends. This is the food I cook for my family every day, meals to comfort, restore and nourish. I give these recipes to you, with love.

Award-winning restaurant Darjeeling Express began life as a dinner party with friends; Indian food lovingly cooked from family recipes that go back generations. In this book, Asma reveals the secret to her success, telling her immigrant’s story and how food brought her home. The recipes pay homage to her royal Mughlai ancestry and follow the route of the Darjeeling Express train from the busy streets of Bengal, through Calcutta, where she grew up, and along the foothills of the Himalayas to Hyderabad. This is more than just a collection of delicious and accessible recipes, it is a celebration of heritage, culture, community and quality. “There’s no need to book a flight to experience Indian home cooking” – Fay Maschler, Evening Standard “Asma is a force of nature: bold, funny, talented, philanthropic and unstoppable” – Grace Dent, Grace & Flavour

A new cookbook from the star of Netflix's Chef's Table and one of the world's most prominent female chefs Heart-warming and full of comforting aromatic Indian flavors: Indian food from home, cooked with heart Ammu is a collection of recipes from Asma Khan’s childhood, her Indian family kitchen. It is a celebration of where she comes from, of home cooking, and the inextricable link between food and love. It is also a chance for Asma to honor her ammu—mother—and to share with us the recipes that made her and rooted her to home. This book is a joyful celebration of memories of food, and its power to heal, restore, and comfort. It includes her ammu's comfort food from childhood, the recipes with which she was taught to cook, celebratory food for special occasions, and slow-cooked recipes passed through the generations of her family. The recipes and the memories she shares all possess something that is universal: food is a way for us to have this conversation about how similar we all are—how it connects us and unites us beyond differing appearances, accents, races and backgrounds. With stunning food and family photos, this cookbook is a must-have for cooks and lovers of Indian food.

Focusing on environmental safety, this book prioritizes pesticides based on their potential risks for groundwater contamination and harm to non-target organisms. It provides a systematic assessment aimed at identifying the most concerning substances, contributing to better regulatory practices and ecological protection.

Focusing on the art of flavor layering, this book by acclaimed chef Asma Khan explores Indian cookery through the lens of the six core ayurvedic tastes—Tangy, Bitter, Hot, Sweet, Sour, and Salty—aligned with Bengal's seasons. It provides foundational techniques such as roasting and tempering spices while empowering home cooks to intuitively balance flavors. With 80 diverse recipes, including Chicken Cooked in Pickling Spices and Pumpkin Dal, it honors traditional methods and ayurvedic principles, making them accessible for modern kitchens.

Dieses Buch bietet einen Einblick in die indische Küche mit gelingsicheren Rezepten, beeinflusst von Mogultraditionen und Kalkutta. Es umfasst Gerichte für Familien, Festessen und enthält vegetarische sowie Fleischgerichte. Die Autorin teilt ihre Geschichte und feiert kulturelles Erbe und Gemeinschaft.