Recipes from this book
Asma Khan’s Aloo Bonde
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
This classic Indian-street food inspired dish is perfect for serving as a snack or as part of a larger spread.
Asma Khan’s Ammu’s Chicken Biryani
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's classic chicken biryani recipe combines the warming flavours of saffron-infused milk, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
Asma Khan’s Bhuna Niramish: Shredded Cabbage with Peanuts
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's quick Bengali shredded cabbage is fragrant with ginger, turmeric and cumin and features contrasting textures and flavours.
Asma Khan’s Buttermilk Chicken Pakoras
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
In this recipe from Asma Khan, cinnamon, bay, cumin and chilli infuse the batter to create moreish deep-fried chicken pieces.
Asma Khan’s Chapati: Wholemeal Bread
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
A failsafe authentic recipe for chapati, a small wholemeal flatbread eaten every day across India, by Asma Khan.
Asma Khan’s Kaddu Nariyal Shorba: Pumpkin Coconut Soup
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan presents her take on an autumnal classic. This easy pumpkin soup is entirely vegan, delicately spiced and enriched with coconut.
Asma Khan’s Ma’s Prawns
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's no-fuss prawn curry is fragrant with cumin and coriander and made hot with fresh chillies. Perfect for weeknight cooking.
Asma Khan’s Machher Mamlet: Fish Omelette
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Only a handful of ingredients are needed to create this simple and quick fish omelette from Asma Khan’s Ammu.
Asma Khan’s Navratan Korma: Nine-Jewel Korma
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Known as a nine-jewel korma, this creamy vegetarian curry gets its name from the colourful array of vegetables used to make it.
Asma Khan’s Pyaz ke Pakora: Onion Fritters
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's recipe for pakora combines the zesty flavours of lemon and chilli with turmeric to create a moreish batter.
Asma Khan’s Rabri: Milk Dessert with Pistachio
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
This easy, five-ingredient Indian dessert is a thick and creamy set milk delicately scented with rose water and topped with pistachio.
Asma Khan’s Sikandari Raan: Spiced Leg of Lamb
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Heavily spiced with the flavours of ginger, cumin and garlic, this roast lamb recipe is well worth the time. Serve with roti or pulao rice.
Asma Khan’s Zarda: Sweet Rice with Saffron and Nuts
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's sweet rice dessert is cooked in saffron-infused milk, studded with nuts and dried fruit and served with thick clotted cream.
Chingri Chop (Prawn Croquettes)
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's delightful prawn croquettes are the perfect snack or starter to serve a crowd at occasions like Eid.
Eid Ka Murgh Kebab (Chicken Kebab)
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
This easy chicken kebab recipe from Asma Khan is marinated the day before for plump, juicy meat. Serve with raita and khaas aloo.
Malpua: Ghee-fried Pancakes Soaked in Syrup
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Deep-fried in ghee, these two-ingredient pancakes are drizzled with cardamom-infused syrup and garnished with rose petals.
Mattar Paratha (Paratha Stuffed with Peas)
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
Asma Khan's paratha are stuffed with a verdant pea filling. Serve with yoghurt and chutney as a snack for a crowd or a side to your curry.
Sheer Korma (Vermicelli Eid Dessert)
Asma Khan · Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul
This warming, sweet milky dessert recipe from Asma Khan is traditionally served on the morning of Eid as the first breakfast after Ramadan.