This is my favorite cookbook of 2020! I'm too busy cooking all the recipes to have written a full review yet. But I wanted to get it up in the shop, so the generic book review will have to do. :)
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Enticing, inviting and delicious. Vegan and vegetarian dishes that are hard to resist (and why should you)." -YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
Modern, vibrant, easy-to-make food. East by Meera Sodha is a must-have whether you're vegan, vegetarian, or simply want to eat more delicious meat-free food. Drawing from her 'New Vegan' Guardian column, Meera Sodha's collection features 120 brand-new recipes inspired by Asian cuisine - from India to Indonesia, Singapore to Japan, by way of China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Here are a few recipes you'll learn:
- Roasted Paneer Aloo Gobi
- Caramelized Onion and Chili Ramen
- The Sodha Family Masala Omelette
- Salted Miso Brownies
There are seasonal specialities, warming noodles and curries, tofu and rice dishes as well as salads, sides and sweets - all practical and surprisingly easy to make - and bursting with exciting flavors.
To cook all of the recipes in this book, you will need:
- birds eye chiles (fresh if you can get them)
- cardamom (ground)
- chili flakes
- cinnamon stick
- cinnamon (ground)
- chaat masala
- chinese 5 spice
- clove (ground)
- cloves (whole)
- coriander (ground)
- coriander (seed)
- cumin (seed)
- cumin (ground)
- curry
- fennel (seed)
- garam masala
- ginger (ground)
- kashmiri chile
- mustard (black seed)
- nigella seeds
- nutmeg (whole)
- pepper (black)
- sesame seeds (black and tan)
- saffron
- smoked paprika
- szechuan peppercorns
- turmeric
- vanilla extract
And you'll also want gochugaru if you need to make homemade gochujang sauce.
"Meera can take a packet of noodles, some peanut butter and a hunk of tofu and work magic. East is the vegetable book for people who aren't vegetarian. A joy - I want to cook every dish." -DIANA HENRY
'Fabulous!" -NIGELLA LAWSON
"She has a seemingly magic ability to tell you exactly the detail you need to make a dish sing. This book is a godsen."' -BEE WILSON, SUNDAY TIMES