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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

The perfect Christmas gift for foodies! Whether vegan, veggie or simply an avid home cook, this exquisitely designed cookbook is full of simple recipes that will have every recipient swooning.

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Modern, vibrant, easy-to-make food. East 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 brand-new recipes inspired by Asian cuisine – from India to Indonesia, Singapore to Japan, by way of China, Thailand, and Vietnam.

With 120 practical and mouth-watering recipes, learn how to make:

– ROASTED PANEER ALOO GOBI for a quick Monday-night dinner
– CARAMELIZED ONION AND CHILLI RAMEN straight from the store-cupboard
– THE SODHA FAMILY MASALA OMELETTE to serve up a home-made brunch
– SALTED MISO BROWNIES as a sweet treat

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 flavours.
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‘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 godsend’ BEE WILSON, SUNDAY TIMES

‘Enticing, inviting and delicious. Vegan and vegetarian dishes that are hard to resist (and why should you?)’ YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

Publisher Review

There are no frighteningly long ingredient lists or recherche spices - just simple recipes that really work. It's become my go-to Indian cookery book * The Times (Books of the Year) on Made in India * Terrific . . . dead-simple family food absolutely packed with flavor * New York Times Magazine on Made in India * Full of delectable, mouth-watering dishes . . . we guarantee you'll be devouring the entire book in no time * Stylist on Fresh India * A sublimely designed book that is tidily stocked with oft-times wondrous vegetable-based recipes, emboldened with flavors * Forbes on Fresh India * The tastiest, liveliest, spice-infused fare this side of the Sabamarti river * Guardian on Fresh India * Colourful and joyous * Felicity Cloake, Guardian on Fresh India * One of our most-used family cookbooks . . . as easy to love as it is to use * Daily Mail on Fresh India * An unbridled joy * Nigel Slater, on Fresh India * It is deeply personal food, alive and authentic - the best sort - and, frankly, I want to cook everything in this book * Nigella Lawson on Made in India * An inspiring collection of appealing recipes * Daily Mail * She has a seemingly magic ability to tell you exactly the detail you need to make a dish sing. This book is a godsend * Bee Wilson, Sunday Times * Gorgeous * Prima * If you've got any sense, it's probably already on your shelf. A brilliant one for lovers of flavour * Sabrina Ghayour * Enticing, inviting and delicious. Vegan and vegetarian dishes that are hard to resist (and why should you?) * Yotam Ottolenghi * When my palate is jaded I turn to Meera Sodha. She 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 * Diana Henry * Meera Sodha takes keen cooks on a vegan and veggie journey across Asia * Guardian Weekend Gift Guide * Inspired by a dizzying range of Asian cuisine, Meera Sodha leads foodies on a meat-free expedition, taking in everywhere from Thailand and Japan to Singapore and India * i Best Cook Books of 2019 *