Delicious UK - (08)August 2020

Theserecipesaren’taboutfadeating theysimplybringyou

intomykitchensoI cansharemyfavouriteeverydayrecipes
withyou...Itjusthappensthatthey’regoodforyoutoo.

I wasbroughtupina familywhereMumcookedamazingly

goodfoodeverydayfromscratch,nevercuttingcornersor
takingshortcuts.Ourfamilydiningtablewaswheremyloveof

foodbegan.I stillbelieveinthenutritionalvalueofcookingfrom

scratch,andwhenpeopleaskhowI eatsowellandstaythesame

size,myanswerisalwaysthesame:I justeathealthyfood.
I’mnota doctororhealthspecialist,butwhatI doknowisthat

thefoodI cookusesa minimumofoilandghee;thattheproduce

whetherit’svegetables,fishorchicken isfreshandthatthe

basicspicesaregoodforyou.Followmyleadandyou’llsoonbe
creatingflavour-packedmealsthat,regardlessoftheoddsplash

of cream here and there, are healthily balanced. CHETNA MAKAN

Rajma paneer

ABITABOUTCHETNA

Shefoundfameonthe 2014 seriesofGreat

BritishBakeOffandnowhasa successful

YouTubechannel,FoodwithChetna.Shegrew

upina smalltownincentralIndiabeforemoving

toMumbaitotrainasa fashiondesigner.In 2004

shemovedtotheUK,wheresheliveswithher

husbandandtwochildren.Theserecipesare

fromChetna’sfourthbook(seeoverleaf).

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eat well every day.