Prashad at Home isn’t quite the Bundobust cookbook, but close enough – all kinds of incredibly tasty fritters, breads, snacks, sandwiches, salads, curries and other spicy delights.
Kaushy Patel is responsible for some of the best vegetarian cooking in Britain today. Without her there would be no Prashad, with its delicate, modern Gujarati cooking. There would be no Bundobust, with its small-plate British-Indian food of incomparable deliciousness. Without her, my own British-Indian cooking would be seriously lacking. She knows how to pack a dish with flavour, aroma and colour. She knows that every meal is improved with massive quantities of garlic and chilli. She knows that deep frying makes some of the best food you can put in your mouth.
I can personally vouch, in the strongest possible terms, for the Spiced potato and pea toastie, Crispy cheese and potato balls, Spicy fried aubergines, Griddled pepper and paneer (substitute halloumi!), Semolina-encrusted sweetcorn fritters, Aromatic vegetable and lentil soup, Crispy okra fries, Fluffy tomato rice and Indo-Chinese marinated paneer stir-fry (find out what happens when you meld Chinese and Indian cuisines!).
This is a dedicated vegetarian cookbook that is packed with recipes. Another cookbook that will bring light, joy and unbelievable flavour to your life for years to come.
