Seven Kitchens

Indian food isn’t just one cuisine, it’s a tapestry woven from centuries of travellers, settlers, and communities who brought their own flavours to the subcontinent.

From the author of the highly acclaimed Chilli & Mint: Indian Home Cooking from a British Kitchen, Torie True returns with Seven Kitchens, a culinary journey into the rich stories and vibrant dishes of seven communities whose food traditions fused with the local to create what we know (and love) as Indian cuisine today.

Inside you’ll find over 100 accessible recipes (with more than half vegetarian) spanning:

• Goan Portuguese
• Mughal
• Anglo-Indian
• Indo-Chinese
• Parsi
• Syrian Christian
• Tibetan-Nepalese

Cook much-loved favourites like biryani, korma, and vindaloo, and discover lesser-known treasures such as courgette & prawn foogath, whole fish pollichathu, duck roast, and country captain chicken, pish pash, jardaloo salli boti and many more.

Blending meticulous historical research with insights from her travels, Torie makes these diverse recipes accessible for every home cook. With stunning photography and evocative storytelling, Seven Kitchens is more than a cookbook, it’s a passport to India’s kitchens, past and present, bursting with flavour, colour, and joy.

Seven communities. Over 100 recipes. Countless flavours to explore. This is Indian cooking like you’ve never experienced it before.