Best Indian cookbooks to buy 2025

Best Indian cookbooks at a glance

• Best for daily Indian cuisine: Indian 101 by Karan Gokani, £ 25.76
• Best for the Kashmir kitchen: On the Himalaya path By Romy Gill, £ 16.72
• Best for seasonal Indian cuisine: monsoon From Asma Khan, £ 20.14
• Best for simple Indian recipes: India Express By Rukmini Iyer, £ 17.99
• Best for vegan Indian cuisine: Meat -free Mowgli By Nisha Katona, £ 12.99
• Best healthy Indian cookbook: Chetnas Healthy Indian vegetarian by Chetna Makan, £ 11.48
• Best for Indo-Persian recipes: Khazana By Saliha Mahmood Ahmed, £ 11.89
• The Indian cookbook of the best chef: Tarkari From Rohit Ghai, £ 20.14
• Best for cooking the week: Chetnas 30 -minute Indian by Chetna Makan, £ 9.99
• Best Curry Bible: Madhur Jaffreys Curry Nation By Madhur Jaffrey, £ 20.25

Best Indian cookbooks for purchase 2025

Indian 101 By Karan Gokani

Best for daily Indian cuisine

Karan Gokani, co-founder of the award-winning Hoppers restaurants, will rethink Indian cuisine with diverse and accessible recipes for daily cooking. In the beginning there is a helpful card that highlights the regional differences in the cooking style across the country – from butter chicken and black daal in the north to Biryanis and banana fishing in the south.

Try to do it with a chaat with homemade chutneys, improve your standard cheese to a bombay -sandwich with chutney, onions and tomatoes and discover a world of dishes to make the best out of your spice cabinet.

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On the Himalaya path By Romy Gill

Best for the cashmere kitchen

Kashmir is a beautiful region in northern India with lakes, meadows and the snow -capped Himalaya, but its unstable political situation makes it inaccessible to tourists. Through Romy’s book we can research this fascinating culture and kitchen. Kaschmiri eating is very different, with influences from central Asian, Afghan, Persian and Mogul cooking. You will find well-known dishes such as Pakoras, Rogan Josh, Kebabs and Pilau rice In addition to lesser-known dishes from lotus root-a-frequently used vegetables in cashmere and Dadhe Maaz, which is lamb cooked in milk. A fascinating insight into a unique, largely undiscovered cuisine.

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monsoon From Asma Khan

Best for seasonal Indian recipes

Monsun is Asma Khan’s third book and is guided by the six seasons of her home region Bengalen and the six Ayurvedic flavors, which suggests leading them through the world of Indian flavor combinations. The 80 lively recipes offer something for all occasions. There are currys, skewers, tempting pages and simple desserts with many proposed menu, with which you can combine the individual dishes at balanced meals or impressive festivals.

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India Express By Rukmini Iyer

If you need quick meals after work, you can appreciate the simplicity of cooking with a pan. If you would also like to avoid the conditioner, you will be happy that Rukmini Iyer, the author of the extremely popular Roast The series has returned with the recipes for minimal Effort recipes from her family from Eastern and South India. There are also options for the weekend, including spiced potato cakes with eggs and chilli butter to the brunch. The recipes are helpful in menus in the background of the book, so you also know which dishes work together.

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Meat -free Mowgli By Nisha Katona

Best for vegan Indian cuisine

One way to reduce food calculations is to use more meat -free meals. The new title of moderator and restaurateur Nisha Katona in the Mowgli series mainly offers vegan recipes and offers numerous inspiration for the use of affordable Storecupboard ingredients, such as your butter bean Korma and ‘Lazy’ Potato Curry. You will find some really delicious networks of your courage and combining with the IPA onion rings, Zingy salads and a carrot cucumber will make it a real festival for a relaxing Friday evening.

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Chetnas Healthy Indian vegetarian By Chetna Makan

Best healthy Indian cookbook

You may remember Chetna from her time The big British bake Or from your first best -selling cookbook, Chai, Chaat and Chutney. In any case, you will be seriously impressed by this offer. The pages are lined with healthy and lively Indian recipes, all of which are made without meat. The recipes include course KOTTA curry and spicy roasted cauliflower.

Chetna proves that VEG can really be the star of the show. Perfect for the times when you want large aromas without calories, salt or fat. It is inspiring, especially for everyone who believes that Indian cuisine only covers the cream -colored dishes that we often order in restaurants.

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Khazana By Saliha Mahmood Ahmed

Best for Indotherian recipes

This debut cooking book from 2017 Master chief The winner is inspired by the Opulent Mogul Empire and Saliha’s Travel all over India. It is the perfect mix of Indian and Persian flavors – curries, rice and beautiful Samosas are raised with rose water, saffron, almonds and pomegranate.

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Tarkari From Rohit Ghai

Best cookbook of the cooking cooker

The chef and restaurateur Rohit worked in some of the best Indian restaurants, including Trishna and Bombay Bustle, but in Tarkari, his first book, he returns to his roots and house in the home style. He paid tribute to his mother and divides his vegetarian and vegan favorite dishes to cook at home, from Paneer Makhani, Dal and Alooo Gobi to less well -known regional specialties. This book is a must for every fan of Indian cuisine.

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Chetnas 30 -minute Indian By Chetna Makan

Best for cooking the week

We love Indian food, but making a curry can sometimes be a long matter with grinding spices, preparation of ingredients and marinating. We were very happy to see this book from previous ones The big British bake Candidate Chetna Makan. All recipes are in 30 minutes or less and really pack the taste – from a fast salmon curry to a creamy and deliciously seasoned butter chicken. Make a curry out of the week or choose a few recipes for the weekend and make a party.

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Madhur Jaffreys Curry Nation By Madhur Jaffrey

Best curry bible

Madhur procures recipes from restaurants, snack bars and home kitchens throughout the UK and has produced a plenty of illustrated Indian festival and has shown the depth of Indian expertise that they can find in Great Britain. Meat, vegetables, fish, rice, dhals and the decisive chutneys and bread are shown among the 100 recipes. This is Indian cuisine, which is enjoyed in Great Britain, with outstanding specialties such as Rogan Josh Shepherd’s cake.

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