India Express: easy & delicious one-tin and one-pan vegan, vegetarian & pescatarian recipes – by the bestselling ‘Roasting Tin’ series author

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Packed full of inspiration for speedy curries, fragrant rice dishes, as well as snacks, drinks and desserts and much more, this beautiful cookbook is at once inspiring and practical, with plenty for fans of Rukmini’s Roasting Tin series. The next day I had a vegetarian friend for dinner and I chose all-in-one aubergine, tomato and nigella seed curry. All of the above - which, together with more personal material than her previous work, makes India Express a must-have. 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. There are plenty of recipes to occupy the weekend – making puris, methu vada (fried lentil doughnuts) or homemade paneer.

I was intrigued to discover what flavours would develop with a quick turnaround of ingredients into a meal. India Express grew from conversations Iyer had with her parents about the train journeys they used to take across India. 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. The idea for Rukmini Iyer’s seventh collection of recipes came about from a conversation with her parents.India Express: 75 Fresh and Delicious Vegan, Vegetarian and Pescatarian Recipes For Every Day by Rukmini Iyer | 9781529110074. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.

She grew up in Cambridgeshire with the best of three food cultures: Bengali and South Indian food from her parents’ Indian heritage, along with classic eighties' mac and cheese, sponge pudding, and cheese and pineapple on a stick. 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, with the publication of India Express, she hones in on her own culinary heritage to create a set of 75 recipes inspired by the vibrant flavours of South India and Bengal. Rukmini’s clever one-tin curries are some of our favourite recipes from her previous books, so we weren’t surprised to find more all-in-one recipes in India Express.

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. She strongly believes that making time to eat well – for oneself or for family dinners – is an integral part of the day, and as a new mother with limited time but a good appetite, she’s passionate about helping other households cook great, minimum-effort dinners. I was pleased to find that the recipes are pescatarian in that they are either vegetarian, vegan or fish based.This speedy prawn curry is layered with flavours of chilli and fennel seed and needs nothing more than some fluffy rice. 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.