Indian Cooking Made Beautifully Simple

The Spice Tree

Mowgli founder and Liverpudlian, Nisha Katona, shares the secrets - tried-and-tested flavour formulas - at the heart of all Indian family cooking and shares her favourite traditional and modern dishes.

All the secrets to cook authentic family-style and takeaway favourite curries at home from Mowgli founder and curry evangelist Nisha Katona. 
 
'Nisha's book is brilliant - stunning recipes' -- Tom Kerridge 
Beautiful, tasty, delicious food that I could eat every day. - Simon Rimmer 
Nisha's food is good for the soul - bowls of comfort and platefuls of joy. Her recipes are simple and utterly delicious -- Lorraine Kelly 
'This is simply one of the best books on Indian food I've come across' -- ***** Reader review 
'By far the best cookery book I've ever bought' -- ***** Reader review 
'Every recipe has been a hit!' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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Mowgli founder and 'curry evangelist' Nisha Katona shares all the secrets from her Indian family kitchen, passed down through the generations, so you can cook your favourite curries at home. 
 
Introducing her concept of the 'spice tree' - a simple infographic formula to show you which spices and ingredients go best together - Nisha will demonstrate how to get that authentic curry flavour every time. 
 
Discover new and inventive recipes that showcase the perfect flavour pairings of the Indian kitchen, including: 
*Steamed Bengali Trout 
*Salmon and Cauliflower Curry 
*Mackerel with Nigella and Tomato 
*Goan Fish Curry 
*Butter Chicken 
*Quail Masala 
*Railway Goat Curry 
*Spiced Ginger Lamb Raan 
*Green Dahl with Rhubarb and Ginger 
*Puy Lentils with Cardamom and Garam Masala 
*Peanut and Potato Powa 
 
With stunning photography, easy to follow recipes and accessible explanations of flavour pairings, this will change the way you approach Indian cuisine!

Nisha's food is good for the soul - bowls of comfort and platefuls of joy. Her recipes are simple and utterly delicious.

Nisha’s book is brilliant - stunning recipes

Liverpudlian-born Nisha Katona MBE (@NishaKatona) is the founder, executive chef and development chef of Mowgli Street Food restaurants and founder of the Mowgli Trust charity. Previously a full-time Barrister, Nisha used all her savings to open the first Mowgli Street Food restaurant in her home city of Liverpool in 2014 and has grown Mowgli into 27 restaurants across the UK, beloved for bringing fresh and tasty Indian home cooking to cities across the country. Mowgli Street Food is recognised as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies according to The Sunday Times Fast Track 100. Mowgli was ranked in the Top 25 of the ‘The UK’s Top 100 Best Large Companies to work for’ category at the 2023 Best Companies Awards, as well as being ranked in The Sunday Times 2024 Best Places to Work. 
 
Nisha films regularly for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV and is a familiar face on This Morning, The Great British Menu, Lorraine, Sunday Brunch and Saturday Kitchen, whilst also hosting her own show on ITV, Nisha Katona's Home Kitchen. Nisha is the author of six cookbooks including The Spice Tree and The 30 Minute Mowgli. This is her 7th book.

All the secrets to cook authentic family-style and takeaway favourite curries at home from Mowgli founder and curry evangelist Nisha Katona. 
 
 'Nisha's book is brilliant - stunning recipes' -- Tom Kerridge 
 Beautiful, tasty, delicious food that I could eat every day. - Simon Rimmer 
Nisha's food is good for the soul - bowls of comfort and platefuls of joy. Her recipes are simple and utterly delicious -- Lorraine Kelly 
'This is simply one of the best books on Indian food I've come across' -- ***** Reader review 
'By far the best cookery book I've ever bought' -- ***** Reader review 
'Every recipe has been a hit!' -- ***** Reader review 
 
*********************************************************************************************** 
 Mowgli founder and 'curry evangelist' Nisha Katona shares all the secrets from her Indian family kitchen, passed down through the generations, so you can cook your favourite curries at home. 
 
 Introducing her concept of the 'spice tree' - a simple infographic formula to show you which spices and ingredients go best together - Nisha will demonstrate how to get that authentic curry flavour every time. 
 
 Discover new and inventive recipes that showcase the perfect flavour pairings of the Indian kitchen, including: 
*Steamed Bengali Trout 
*Salmon and Cauliflower Curry 
*Mackerel with Nigella and Tomato 
*Goan Fish Curry 
*Butter Chicken 
*Quail Masala 
*Railway Goat Curry 
*Spiced Ginger Lamb Raan 
*Green Dahl with Rhubarb and Ginger 
*Puy Lentils with Cardamom and Garam Masala 
*Peanut and Potato Powa 
 
With stunning photography, easy to follow recipes and accessible explanations of flavour pairings, this will change the way you approach Indian cuisine!

Nisha Katona

Nisha Katona MBE is one the UK’s leading voices in Indian food and in this book invites you into her home to discover the secrets of cooking delicious, big-flavour curries that are low on time and effort. Proving that curry night can be any night of the week, Nisha will show you her secrets to building flavour in a flash, with simple, speedy versions of all of your curry house favourites as well as delicious dishes you may be less familiar with. Packed with Nisha’s big flavour hacks, signature warmth and passion for Indian food, the book includes 100 recipes from Nisha’s home kitchen to yours.

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