Spice Box

The bestselling guide to Indian cooking from multi-award winning chef Sunil Ghai - and the perfect gift for foodies!

Beautiful food ... vibrant dishes layered with flavourIrish Times

Brilliant and inspirational- Sunday Independent

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Great Indian food is about making food come alive from a handful of spices you can buy anywhere.

In Spice Box, Irelands favourite Indian chef Sunil Ghai takes the mystery out of creating authentic Indian dishes at home. Spice Box includes over 100 recipes that you will find amazingly easy to make, including:

- Comforting favourites such as Easy Butter Chicken; Chicken Biryani; creamy Kormas (lamb, chicken or veggie) and a sensational range of curries . . .

- Fabulous fish such as Spicy Prawn Curry; Salmon with Yoghurt, Mustard and Turmeric; Home-Style Fish Curry with Vegetables; Fish Cakes with Masala Mayo . . .

- Meat-free flavour bombs such as Aubergine and Potato Curry; Rustic Yellow Split Pea Dal; Warm Chickpea, Mango and Coconut Salad; Sunils Stir-Fried Vegetables; Wild Mushrooms and Sweetcorn with Almonds . . .

- Sweet treats such as Turmeric Poached Pears; Date and Coconut Filo Pastries . . . and a spectacular Indian Rice Pudding. There is also a dazzling array of naan, rice dishes, sides, raitas and chutneys, and much more - all simple to make at home from ingredients that are widely available.

Cook the Spice Box way and fall in love with mouth-watering effortless Indian food!

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At last, here is an accessible introduction to Indian food. You will be amazed at how using the same techniques but with different spices and ingredients will give you endless variations and many delicious meals. - Darina Allen

Move over Madhur Jaffrey ... one of the most useful books to come across my desk in quite a while, and a great read - Marie Claire Digby, Irish Times

[Sunil Ghai] has achieved another firstRTÉ