Ammu: TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 Indian Homecooking to Nourish Your Soul

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There’s that unity and silent cooking – everyone is singing constantly, no one is screaming and shouting.

When we take care to cook and to feed, whether a simple egg or a complex meal, we nurture not only the body but the soul both of ourselves and those who eat at our table. For the armchair traveler, the one prepping for an upcoming trip, or those just looking to reminisce about a recent vacation, these books will do the trick. Asma Khan: Potatoes are inexpensive and potatoes are one of the few things that you would get the whole year round. But, through lighting, prop selection and canny compositions, Kim Lightbody’s images manage to make every dish look as good as it tastes.

Asma Khan’s latest cookery book, Ammu is a delightful collection of childhood recipes that celebrates the power of home cooking and the inextricable link between food and love.

Renowned London chef Asma Khan —you may have seen her on Netflix's The Chef's Table—pays tribute here to the home cooking of Indian mothers, particularly her own. It’s not really built for beginners, but if you already know what you’re doing in the kitchen and want to dive into South Asian food, Ammu is an excellent place to start.A] sumptuous salute to her Indian heritage with recipes and stories … Khan’s menus, technical guidance, and soulful stories make this outing a pleasure every step of the way. In my family, girls didn't even go out, they didn't go to college, and my mother was doing this at that time. She is a powerful force behind the promotion of women in the hospitality industry and leads from the front with her all-female kitchen. Chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Khan (Asma's Indian Kitchen, 2018) takes readers on a walk down memory lane as she presents her family life, the foods her mother made for her, and the food she enjoys cooking as a mother herself … The recipes—which are easy to follow and mostly accompanied by tempting photography—include mouthwatering dishes such as aloo bonde (potato balls) … and mini lamb koftas with mint-yogurt dip. The good thing is I'm relieved because he eats his own kind of very basic food, and because I'm never home for mealtimes, so I never have to worry about what he's eating because I don't know if I was home he wouldn't expect me to cook for him.