Having grown up in a time when travel was restricted to local holidays, she has spent her adult life fulfilling a desire to see the world.

With paneer kofta nestled in a rich, creamy and delicately spiced tomato sauce, this dish is impressive enough to serve at a dinner party or special occasion but couldn’t be easier to make. As fans of Iyer’s previous books know, her recipes can be relied on to get dinner on the table with the minimum of fuss and washing up. There is a lot to choose from in this new cookbook which is timely because as the weather cools my mind and stomach turn to food that warms and comforts.There are few households without one or more of the books in the series, which consists of The Roasting Tin, The Green Roasting Tin, The Quick Roasting Tin, The Roasting Tin Around the World, and The Sweet Roasting Tin. She was so inspired by their descriptions of the dishes they would eat on these trips that Iyer suggested that they all take a train journey together from her mother’s hometown, Kolkata, to her father’s birthplace, Chennai. All of the above - which, together with more personal material than her previous work, makes India Express a must-have. Inspired by the vivid descriptions of the food that fuelled their journey, from homemade picnics to elaborate dining car dinners, Rukmini set out on the Coromandel Express to experience it for herself, hoping to learn more about family recipes from East and South India along the way.

From quick snacks and weeknight dinners to simple desserts, Rukmini Iyer has created a collection of South Indian and Bengali-inspired recipes with a modern twist. Keeping with her ethos of ‘minimum effort, maximum flavour’, these dishes are vibrant, achievable and moreish. There are six books in that collection ranging from one on vegan and vegetarian dishes, another on barbeque and one on desserts. Inspired by a train journey between her parents' home towns of Kolkata and Chennai, India Expressis a collection of 75 south Indian and Bengali recipes, and Rukmini Iyer's seventh book. As fans of her previous cookbooks will know, Rukmini Iyer has been inspired by a range of global cuisines over the years, from Spanish to Vietnamese.The next day I had a vegetarian friend for dinner and I chose all-in-one aubergine, tomato and nigella seed curry. The resulting cookbook, India Express, is unsurprisingly Rukmini’s most personal to date, with seventy-five of her family’s Bengali and South Indian recipes adapted to her trademark maximum flavour, minimum fuss style. Creative and unusual ingredient combinations abound, and the book is infused with the classic Bengali and South Indian flavours of curry leaf, Nigella seed, coconut, lime, and cardamom. I served the fish with a pot of masoor dal which was also a very simple recipe and utterly delicious. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.

India Express is a substantial book packed with great ideas for quick-to-prepare dishes with some punchy flavours that are not overly spicy. They’ve transformed the cookery space in the UK, leading the one-tin, one-pot and one-pan revolution, and remain firm favourites among fans of maximum-flavour, minimum-hassle cooking. The first thing I made from it was Chingri Macher Malai, spiced prawns in coconut milk, which took minutes to prep, simmered quietly for just under half an hour, and was perfect on buttered white rice. Baked until the brioche is golden and crispy on top, this easy one-dish dessert is infused with cardamom and saffron, with pops of sweetness from the baked blackberries, and the crunch of slivered pistachios.

These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. The lentils got on with cooking themselves down and were then whisked which resulted in a wonderfully creamy texture. MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF 'THE ROASTING TIN SERIES': 75 SIMPLE, FRESH AND DELICIOUS RECIPES. India Express grew from conversations Iyer had with her parents about the train journeys they used to take across India. Madeleine has lived half her life in South Africa and the other in London which has widened her experiences of multiple cultures, languages and cuisines.

Now, Iyer has written India Express, From Kolkata to Chennai, which is filled with 75 vegan, vegetarian and fish dishes.India Express (Square Peg) is the latest cookbook from Rukmini Iyer who wrote The Roasting Tin series which has been a runaway success. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.