CHAI, CHAAT & CHUTNEY: A Street Food Journey Through India

I prefer cookery books in paper format, but couldn’t resist this as a 99p deal. It works very well as an ebook with hyperlinks and index making it easy to navigate. I love Indian food but I’m not experienced at cooking Indian meals at home. I can make some basic curries, but what I really enjoy about Indian meals are the chutneys and side dishes. This covers that base! Wow, it’s packed with information about the origin of dishes from different regions, so as well as recipes, it’s full of info and a delight to browse. The recipes are varied, with many suitable for vegetarian and other diets. The book is well laid out and there are no weird or difficult to obtain ingredients. It’s full of tips and I’ve made a number of meals with a selection of side dishes from this book with great success. Colourful and tempting.

It's difficult to top Chetna's first book, The Cardomom Trail, with its beautifully laid out recipes, inventive and creative ideas and effortless execution. However, Chetna has delivered once again, this time delving into the world of Indian street food. A delight to look at and absorb, Chetna's book teaches you to layer complex flavours in original and creative recipes whilst at the same time remaining practical, easy to use and follow. Wow friends and family with authentic and new flavours and dishes! Chetna's Chai, Chaat and Chutney is an amazing compilation of utterly mouthwatering recipes and insights into her culinary journey. The pictures also are truly beautiful. Bravo.

Love this book. Covers different regions of India with lovely pictures and the recipes look great. Not cokes anything yet but I will be very soon

This has now become one of my favourite cookery books, Its on the coffee table and picked up each morning by myself to chose menu's for the day, it's then picked up by friend and family and recipes copied down, Two friends have bought it for themselves and I have ordered it for my daughter for her christmas present. There are so many recipes to chose from, So many lovely photos of life in India and recipe photos. It makes you want to journey to India for yourself .The spice jar mixes recipes are great, I have a jar of Chaat Masala Mix on my worktop and it is used in nearly every one of my recipes.

Great recipes and easy to follow instructions. Yes you do have to have quite a lot of spices etc but the effort of getting them (and if you don't have a local shop selling them there's always the Internet!) Following the recipes is rewarded by great results! I was bought this book for Christmas and have since given it as a present to a couple of people. Unlike several other books describing curry recipes, Chetna Makan has managed to make the sequence of cooking fairly simple and not at all intimidating. Several things I have cooked out of this book have been rapturously received by friends and family - which always gives a bit of a warm glow!

A lovely book: interesting to read, with enticing and easy to follow authentic recipes that work out very well. Colourful and varied, it differs from most Indian cookbooks in how its focus is on the street food of various regions of the country. A fascinating insight into what it is to eat in India; quite different to what we have come to understand of the cuisine in the West. Interestingly a good number of the recipes are Chinese influenced. I have made 6 of the recipes contained within, and having been very satisfied with all, I look forward to exploring further. Highly recommended.

We've become addicted to Chetna's Youtube channel over lockdown and her recipes have been a godsend. This is the second book of hers that we have bought and the recipes are clear and easy to follow. Many of them use the same ingredients but she is not a "fussy cook" - most of the meals can be made in 30 mins to an hour.

Nothing to dislike all to like

Libro meraviglioso per un ottimo regalo. Grandi illustrazioni e il formato è fantastico

Love it ! Want to run to the kitchen and cook Chetnas Skill and effort at giving us the BEST recipe s is evident So happy with this book

Enjoying it, even though I cook I'm from India.

Bra recep bra uttseende älskar det

Viele leckere Rezepte, gut beschrieben, ein großer Teil vegetarisch.