Focusing on the art of flavor layering, this book by acclaimed chef Asma Khan explores Indian cookery through the lens of the six core ayurvedic tastes—Tangy, Bitter, Hot, Sweet, Sour, and Salty—aligned with Bengal's seasons. It provides foundational techniques such as roasting and tempering spices while empowering home cooks to intuitively balance flavors. With 80 diverse recipes, including Chicken Cooked in Pickling Spices and Pumpkin Dal, it honors traditional methods and ayurvedic principles, making them accessible for modern kitchens.
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- 2025
- 2022
Pesticides - Harming Good Microbes
- 158 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
Focusing on environmental safety, this book prioritizes pesticides based on their potential risks for groundwater contamination and harm to non-target organisms. It provides a systematic assessment aimed at identifying the most concerning substances, contributing to better regulatory practices and ecological protection.
- 2022
Ammu: Indian Home Cooking to Nourish Your Soul
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
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.
- 2022
Ammu
Indische Lieblingsrezepte meiner Mutter
Asma Khans zweites Kochbuch ist eine Hommage an ihre indische Herkunft und an ihre Ammu – ihre Mutter –, die ihr neben Rezepten auch die untrennbare Verbindung von Essen und Liebe mit auf den Weg gab. Alle Rezepte stehen für ihre Verwurzelung in der Heimat und in der Familie, für die glücklichen und traurigen Erinnerungen und für die heilende und verbindende Kraft des Essens. Asma Khan, etwas über fünfzig Jahre alt, hat ihr Buch in fünf Kapitel gegliedert – eines für jede Lebensdekade: die Wohlfühl-Mahlzeiten aus der Kindheit, die Gerichte, die sie das Kochen lehrten, opulente Festtags-Menüs für die Meilensteine des Lebens, langsam zuzubereitende Rezepte zum Verweilen in der Küche und einfache, schnelle Rezepte für heutige Eltern, die ihre Kinder liebevoll großziehen und gut ernähren.
- 2020
Asma's Indische Küche
Meine Familienrezepte aus dem Darjeeling Express
Dieses Buch bietet einen Einblick in die indische Küche mit gelingsicheren Rezepten, beeinflusst von Mogultraditionen und Kalkutta. Es umfasst Gerichte für Familien, Festessen und enthält vegetarische sowie Fleischgerichte. Die Autorin teilt ihre Geschichte und feiert kulturelles Erbe und Gemeinschaft.
- 2018
Award-winning restaurant Darjeeling Express began life as a dinner party with friends; Indian food lovingly cooked from family recipes that go back generations. In this book, Asma reveals the secret to her success, telling her immigrant’s story and how food brought her home. The recipes pay homage to her royal Mughlai ancestry and follow the route of the Darjeeling Express train from the busy streets of Bengal, through Calcutta, where she grew up, and along the foothills of the Himalayas to Hyderabad. This is more than just a collection of delicious and accessible recipes, it is a celebration of heritage, culture, community and quality. “There’s no need to book a flight to experience Indian home cooking” – Fay Maschler, Evening Standard “Asma is a force of nature: bold, funny, talented, philanthropic and unstoppable” – Grace Dent, Grace & Flavour