Meat Free Mowgli: Simple & Delicious Plant-Based Indian Meals by Nisha Katona

Meat Free Mowgli: Simple & Delicious Plant-Based Indian Meals is a cookbook by TV chef and restaurant owner Nisha Katona. It presents her fresh, spice-led, family-friendly approach to modern Indian cooking.

This collection focuses on vegan and vegetarian food, with one dedicated chapter for eggs and dairy and the remainder fully vegan. Recipes are designed to be quick and easy to prepare, translating the authentic Indian cooking of Katona’s mother and grandmothers for a Western audience.

Key details

• Cookbook by Nisha Katona, TV chef and restaurant owner
• Modern Indian recipes with a spice-packed, family-friendly style
• Organised by ingredient for practical, everyday use
• Ingredients are described as easy to source
• Includes one vegetarian chapter for eggs and dairy; otherwise fully vegan

Synopsis

With environmentalists urging a reduction in meat consumption, this book positions Indian cuisine as a naturally flavoursome, meat-free choice for modern households. Katona’s aim is to preserve the authentic cooking she grew up with, while making it accessible for busy lives through recipes that are quick, straightforward and described as healthy.

To keep it useful in the kitchen, chapters are arranged by ingredient, from roots and beans to squashes, brassicas and leafy greens, lentils and other grains, fruits, and eggs and dairy. The emphasis is on building bold flavour from a small number of carefully matched ingredients, for readers looking to cook plant-based Indian meals at home.