Recipes shared across generations
Indian family recipes
Explore real Indian family recipes for butter chicken, bhindi, baingan ka bharta, tandoori aloo nazakat and Pindi chole, each with its family story.
From the Living Cookbook
These Indian family recipes come from the people who cooked them, remembered them and carried them into new kitchens. They are practical home recipes rather than a single fixed idea of Indian food.
From Sudesh’s patient way with okra to Krishna Anand’s smoky aubergine and Badepapa’s Tuesday Pindi chole, every dish keeps the cook and the memory beside the method.
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Indian · New Malden, England
Dave's Butter Chicken
I learned this from my Indian mother-in-law and tweaked it a little by replacing the tinned tomatoes with passata for a smoother, richer taste. I have cooked it in…
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Indian · New Delhi, India
Krishna Anand's Baingan ka Bharta
Once kept in a kitchen drawer, Krishna Anand's baingan ka bharta has been carefully translated so everyone can make it their own. Krishna was the late grandmother of…
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Indian · Maidenhead, England
Sudesh's Bhindi
A simple bhindi masala built from the everyday flavours of onion, tomatoes, ginger and warming Indian spices. The okra is cooked first, gently and patiently, until its…
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Indian · New Delhi, India
Gautam & Shobha's Tandoori Aloo Nazakat
When Gautam Arora was preparing to open his first restaurant, Martabaan Tales, he turned to his mum, Shobha. She taught him how to make Tandoori Aloo Nazakat: potato…
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Punjabi · Noida, India
Badepapa's Pindi Cholley
This was Mickey's Badepapa's — his grandfather's — favourite dish, made in the house every Tuesday without fail. Badepapa's secret was a spoonful of chunky chaat masala…
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