This is the foodNisha Katonacooks at home: punchy, delicious and taking you from couch to curry in 30 minutes or less. As always with Nishas dishes, the focus is on big, bold flavours – achieved in these recipes with speed, simplicity and improvisation to avoid waste. Its the way Nisha cooks every day and its the way her grandmother and great-grandmother cooked with their small coal-fired stoves on Varanasi verandas.

Tantalize your tastebuds in 30 minutes or less withQuick Angry TandooriorMowgli Coleslaw Chicken Bowl, Ten-Minute Late-Night KebabsorKeema Toasties, Bengali Fish Curryor Indian Fish Finger Sandwich, Rice Krispie Bhel PuriorMillion Dollar Dahl.

This is food for real life: tasty and nutritious meals to whip up without fuss while juggling home, work and family.