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.
About the AuthorKhan, Asma: -
Asma Khan is one of the world's most prominent female chefs. She is chef and restaurateur of London's highly-acclaimed Darjeeling Express and its sister restaurant, Culcutta Canteen, just opened. She starred in Netflix's award-winning series Chef's Table. Her food is homage to her royal Mughlai ancestry and the busy streets of Calcutta, where she grew up. An unstoppable force for social change in the food industry and beyond, Asma has been revolutionizing the restaurant scene since 2017 with her world-renowned Indian food, all-female team, and her commitment to training immigrant women. Darjeeling Express has been featured on CBS, in Time Out, Harper's Bazaar, the Guardian, and numerous others and was named as one of London's the best restaurants by the Evening Standard. Asma was voted "Female Entrepreneur of the Year" at the Asian Restaurant Awards and "Entrepreneur of the Year" in the Asian Women of the Year Award. She is author of Asma's Indian Kitchen: Home-Cooked Food Brought to You by Darjeeling Express.