Tiffin

Open a continent of flavors with Tiffin, an extraordinarily beautiful cookbook that focuses on India's regional diversity—A New York Times Best Cookbook of the Year—Winner of three Gourmand World Cookbook Awards including Best Indian Cookbook.

“A vast and vivid compendium of Indian cuisine. . . . A beautifully designed and inclusively written account of modern Indian cuisine that embraces a multiplicity of tastes and techniques.” —The New York Times

A tiffin is a traditional Indian lunch pail that holds homemade curries, hearty vegetables, grilled meats, and rice.

Opening Tiffin is like opening a getaway to the diverse flavors of India. More than 500 recipes are organized by region and further by course, including vegetarian dishes, hearty meat-filled dinners, seafood, ten-minute appetizers, impossibly easy homemade breads, desserts, and drinks. Ingredients vary from coconut to tamarind to curry to masala and everything in between. As Chef Cardoz writes in the foreword, “I love Indian cuisine, the variety it offers, the cooking techniques, and the use of flavor and texture. I want the world to enjoy and celebrate this multiplicity in food that India has to offer.”

Compiled by an Indian food writer from the collections of chefs who specialize in regional cuisine, these authentic dishes are rarely found in other cookbooks. With vibrant illustrations that represent the regional style and tempting photography of the dishes, Tiffin makes Indian cooking more accessible and authentic than ever before.

“The care and dedication [Sonal Ved] took when creating this cookbook shines through each illustration and brightly colored photograph… . . . Tiffin is the cookbook for those who are looking to delve deeper into the diversity of India.” —Saveur

“Tiffin, with its encyclopedia-like heft and colorful illustrations by Abhilasha Dwan, is my new coffee table fixture. It's the kind of book I'll keep picking up and referring back to, learning something new about Indian cuisine every time.” —Bon Appetit, All the Cookbooks and Regular Books We Adored in 2018

“Tiffin is more than just a cookbook. It’s a tour through India that sheds light on the country's regional specialties and nuanced flavor combinations to demonstrate the culinary diversity of the country.”-The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association