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Nadiya’s Simple Spices

Nadiya’s Simple Spices

A guide to the eight kitchen must haves recommended by the nation’s favourite cook

Summary

Nadiya Hussain's latest cookbook unlocks a world of joyful flavour in your kitchen using only 8 simple spices.

'Nadiya dishes up easy but delicious meals. All the recipes use the same eight spices, making cooking highly flavoured dishes a doddle. Its also easier on the pocket during the cost of living crisis' DAILY EXPRESS

When it comes to spice Nadiya's family cooking is never complicated and always delicious. Now Nadiya wants to share with you how to use the 8 readily available spices she uses at home daily to cook her most-loved meals. The same spices that her Mum uses and her Nani used before her!

Cardamom, fennel, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, chilli, bay leaves and curry powder are all you need to create any recipe in this book.

Get ready to make...


  • Peshwari Naans
  • Back-of-the-fridge Pakoras
  • Yoghurt Chicken
  • Daal
  • Crispy Leek Biryani
  • No-need-to-wait Chutney
  • Badam Cheesecake
  • Iced Caramel Bay Tea

From beautiful breakfasts, midday lunches and staple recipes you won't live without again, to tips for the perfect saucepan of rice, your favourite middle of the table curries, vegetables, side dishes and sweets, you'll be confident in cooking extraordinary family food, filled to the brim with easy-to-achieve flavour.
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'Another fabulous offering from this prolific and inventive chef' Prima

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  • Another fabulous offering from this prolific and inventive chef
    Prima

About the author

Nadiya Hussain

Since winning 2015's Great British Bake Off in a finale watched by over 13 million viewers, Nadiya Hussain has become a national treasure. She has presented many of her own BBC2 cookery series to great acclaim, with episodes reaching on average 1.9 million viewers each week. Her next cookery series, Cook Once, Eat Twice, will air on BBC2 in autumn 2024, accompanied by her brand-new TV tie-in cookbook.

Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three teenage children. She was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. Her bestselling cookery titles include Nadiya Bakes, Time to Eat, Nadiya's Fast Flavours and Nadiya's Simple Spices.
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