Ammu

A heart-warming cookbook of comforting aromatic Indian flavours, from Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express and Netflix fame

Indian food from home, cooked with heart

This book is a collection of recipes from my childhood, my Indian family kitchen. A celebration of where I come from, of home-cooking, and the inextricable link between food and love. It is a chance for me to honour my ammu, and to share with you the recipes that made me, that root me to home.

This book is a joyful celebration of memories of food, and its power to heal, restore and comfort.

I include my ammu's comfort food, from my childhood, the recipes she with which she taught me to cook, celebratory food for special occasions, slow-cooked recipes passed through the generation of my family that have long rich histories and methodical recipes to match and, finally, my recipes, now that I am ammu - all quick and easy, mixing the ingredients I have at hand in London with my favourite spices.

About the Author

Asma Khan is owner of Darjeeling Express, London, and one of the UK's most prominent female chefs. She moved from India to Cambridge in 1991 with her husband. She comes from a royal background - Rajput on her father's side and Begali on her mother's. After training as a lawyer, Asma registered for a food business, which began life as a supper club then became a critically acclaimed pop-up, in London, in 2015. Asma was the first British chef to appear on Netflix's Chef's Table. An unstoppable force for social change in the food industry and beyond, Asma has been revolutionising the London restaurant scene since 2017 with her world-renowned Indian food, all-female team, and her commitment to training immigrant women.