Exclusive vegan recipes from Meera Sodha’s new book
In this exclusive extract from her new book, Dinner, our star food writer reveals what she really cooks at home, from family meals to feeding a crowd
I was a bestselling recipe writer - then burnout killed my appetite for food, and life. This is how I found my way back
Cooking and eating was everything to the author and Guardian columnist. But when she found herself at breaking point, she had to go back to basics
How to cook the perfect ...
How to make the perfect tomato rasam – recipe
This tangy broth is an appetiser made throughout south India, but there are so many variations it would take a brave soul to distil them into the definitive dish …
June 2024
Grace Dent on restaurants
Dipna Anand Kitchen & Bar, Milton Keynes: ‘Thoughtful cooking that is determined to incapacitate you’ – restaurant review
Ravinder Bhogal’s tandoori chicken with sides – recipes
May 2024
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Recipe for creamy chicken skewers with green chilli and coriander – murgh malai tikka – by Maunika Gowardhan
Quick and easy
Miso aubergines, chaat masala salad and grilled courgettes: Rukmini Iyer’s favourite sharing plates – recipes
Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
Soups, stews and king congee: eight cosy recipes for a rainy weekend
March 2024
Quick and easy
Rukmini Iyer’s easy, quick-fried paneer curry with ginger and cream – recipe
Two spicy Indian curries by Maunika Gowardhan – recipes
February 2024
Koftas, keemas and rice paper rolls: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with mince
Quick and easy
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy roll-up masala omelette with coriander and peanut chutney
The good mixer
Cocktail of the week: Permit Room’s cola sazerac – recipe
Grace Dent on restaurants
Kokum, London SE22: ‘The cooking brims with ambition and pride’ – restaurant review
Real deal: 14 ambitious, delicious packed-lunch recipes you’ll want to try right now
Waste not
How to turn banana skins into a brilliant chutney or curry – recipe
January 2024
Do you like your butter chicken served with a side of nostalgia?
Sanjana Modha
Two Delhi chefs are battling over creative ownership of the popular dish – but the fight for ‘authenticity’ can take the fun out of food, says food writer Sanjana Modha
Yes, you can: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with tinned food
Can-openers at the ready for chickpea chaat masala with nachos, anchovy-flavoured cheesy, peppery pasta and, for dessert, a hassle-free no-churn coffee and chocolate ice-cream
Maunika Gowardhan’s recipes for her favourite dals
Comforting, warming, classic: three delicious dals from the Indian chef and food writer
