Tandoori Home Cooking by Maunika Gowardhan - Indian Recipes Cookbook - Hardback Book

Details:
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781784885786
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books

Overview:
Tandoori Home Cooking by Maunika Gowardhan brings the smoky, spiced magic of the Indian tandoor into your own kitchen. With over 70 recipes ranging from classic tandoori chicken to vibrant vegetable skewers and fluffy breads, this hardback cookbook shows how conventional ovens, grills and cast-iron pans can recreate authentic clay-oven flavour. Written by a bestselling food writer and TV chef, it's a warm, practical guide for confident weeknight cooking and impressive entertaining alike, packed with culinary heritage and genuinely achievable techniques.

About the Book:
Cooking in a tandoor is a technique with roots stretching back to the Bronze Age, and Maunika Gowardhan spends this book demystifying that ancient clay-oven tradition for the modern home cook. Rather than requiring specialist equipment, she shows how ovens, grills and skillets already in most kitchens can deliver that same charred edge and deep, smoky infusion tandoori cooking is famous for. Across 224 pages and more than 70 recipes, readers move through succulent marinated meats, vibrant paneer and vegetable skewers, fragrant rice, chutneys and pillowy home-made naan, each built around thoughtful spice blending and simple marination rather than long ingredient lists. The tone throughout is conversational and encouraging, leaning into the communal, celebratory spirit that has always surrounded tandoor cooking across India's streets and family kitchens. Helpful meal planners guide readers on pairing dishes for effortless entertaining, while clear technique notes suit confident beginners and experienced cooks alike. Because tandoori cooking traditionally uses less oil than many other methods, the recipes also lend themselves to lighter, healthier midweek meals without sacrificing bold, layered spicing, rewarding repeated use as confidence with spice, char and marination grows.

Key Benefits:

• Over 70 authentic tandoori recipes adapted for conventional ovens, grills and pans
• Clear guidance on marination and spice blending for real depth of flavour
• Handy meal planners to help pair dishes for entertaining
• Written by a bestselling, award-winning Indian food writer and TV chef
• Naturally lighter cooking method using less oil than many other techniques
• A beautiful hardback gift for anyone who loves Indian cuisine

About the Author:
Maunika Gowardhan is an Indian chef, cookbook author and TV chef, born and raised in Mumbai and now based in the UK. She has spent two decades working in food, sharing recipes and consulting for restaurants, chefs and television. She regularly contributes to BBC Olive Magazine, BBC Food, the Sunday Times and the Telegraph, and is the bestselling author of Thali and Indian Kitchen alongside Tandoori Home Cooking. Her mission is making authentic Indian home cooking simple, accessible and genuinely joyful for every kitchen.

Why You'll Love This Cookbook:
It turns intimidating tandoori techniques into achievable weeknight and weekend cooking, using kit you already own. Bold spice, real heritage and genuinely useful meal-planning make it a lasting favourite for any Indian food lover.

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