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

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We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. 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.

Ammu | Book by Asma Khan | Official Publisher Page | Simon

It is interesting to read that Khan’s mother, Ammu, was herself a pioneer in challenging the patriarchal restrictions by which women continue to be constrained. She founded a food business in India and Khan is the heir to her recipes. Asma has furthered her mother’s legacy and, through food, has worked to develop how women are thought about whether in domestic or professional kitchens. The book itself contains a variety of recipes that Asma loved from her childhood and she evocatively describes her memories of each dish so as to underscore its importance in her personal development whether as a child in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Madras, or a student at Cambridge University. The recipes traverse a number of regions and bring to the table a variety of dishes with influences from Bengali, Afghan, Mughlai and Turkish cuisines.

Customer reviews

Asma Khan writes intimately and personally about her family history and includes many photographs of her life from childhood up to her marriage. She draws in the reader so well that I found myself pouring over the photographs as if they were of a family I already knew. The food images are compelling too, taken by photographer Laura Edwards.

Ammu: TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 Indian - WHSmith

Asma Khan... is one of the most articulate, powerful voices in the world of food, and this book is her masterpiece...More than a cookbook, this is a meditation on the power of food to nourish and heal.' - Bee Wilson, The Times

Table of Contents

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. 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.

Ammu: Indian Home-Cooking To Nourish Your Soul - The Happy Foodie

Heart-warming and full of comforting aromatic Indian flavors: Indian food from home, cooked with heart The Times Cookbook of the Year 2022 *'Asma Khan... is one of the most articulate, powerful voices in the world of food, and this book is her masterpiece...More than a cookbook, this is a meditation on the power of food to nourish and heal.' - Bee Wilson, The Times'An entrancing book' - Nigella LawsonIndian family food with heart - the mouthwatering new cookbook from Asma Khan, founder of the iconic Darjeeling ExpressThis book is a joyful celebration of the universal power of food to restore, and to comfort. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Cover the roasting tin with foil and cook undisturbed in the middle of the oven for 21/2 hours.

Publishers Text

I don’t usually write a review before testing a few recipes, but I was inspired to do so in the case of AMMU. I have over a dozen Indian cookery books, so finding one that I want to keep is increasingly rare, but AMMU is a real keeper. The book is well laid out. A complete index, plus recipes broken down in the front of the book under headings such as vegan, vegetarian, fish, brunch, dairy free, BBQ, family celebrations, comfort food, indulgent feats, etc. The print is dark enough and in a reasonable font size to make reading easy.