Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Contents -- About Andaza -- 1. You can't cook with words -- Saffron black cardamom fudge -- Chicken Odesa -- 2. The hope at hospitality's heart -- Family shami kebabs -- Mummy's Genoise sponge cake with fresh cream -- A menu to impress -- 3. Faith in the flavour of your hands -- Nani Mummy's prawn karahi -- Nani Mummy's firni -- 4. Feed your guests, and feed them well -- Dadi's turnip kebabs -- Street-side kulfi, Mummy's style -- 5. Cooking on meatless days -- Bohri Bazaar lentil dumplings with spicy tamarind and yoghurt -- Home-made kajal (kohl) -- 6. Green chillies on the side -- Potatoes with curry leaves and turmeric -- Fennel paan masala sweets -- Seviyan ladoo (roasted vermicelli truffles with coconut and cardamom) -- An everyday menu -- 7. Chaat isn't a starter -- Boat Basin chaat plate -- 8. Pickled lemons and perfect phulkas -- Nani Mummy's preserved lemons -- Khichri -- 9. Benazir and Bundoo Khan -- Chicken boti tikka, Bundoo Khan style -- Sweet chana daal halva -- 10. Cooking Mummy's pullao -- Yakhni chicken pullao -- Pea and browned onion pullao -- A celebration meal -- 11. Dadi's free spirit -- Dadi's coriander chutney -- Dadi's banana and fennel seed gulgulay doughnuts -- 12. The secret to layering spices is serenity -- Achar with carrot and green chilli -- Achari gosht -- 13. Wedding korma is never made with cream -- Mummy's wedding-style chicken korma -- 14. Mithai isn't dessert -- My family's wedding ubtan (face and body scrub) -- A bride's panjiri (semolina granola) -- 15. Goodbye, Nani Mummy -- Goodbye biryani -- 16. Bitter, dark lemons -- Bitter lemon, mustard seed and garlic pullao -- 17. Cooking for consolation -- Beef haleem (beef and daal porridge) -- Keema 'flying saucers' -- Dishes that offer comfort and consolation -- 18. Andaza in my kitchen -- Aubergine borani.

Pink salt, saffron and Hunza apricot meetha -- Acknowledgements -- List of recipes and menus -- Index -- Copyright.