Chetna Makan's bestselling cookbooks combine her creative flavour twists with a love of simple Indian home cooking. Taking inspiration from the eclectic tastes of Indian cuisine, these tempting recipes can all be on the table and ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. Featuring fabulous salads, traditional fast snacks, imaginative toppings for toasts, delicious dals, comforting veggie, fish and meat curries, all-in-one rice dishes, surprising raitas...

Chetna Makan's recipes introduce colorful spices, aromatic herbs and other Indian ingredients into traditional Western baked favorites such as a sponge cake with a cardamom and coffee filling, puff pastry bites filled with fenugreek paneer, or a steamed strawberry pudding flavored with cinnamon.