Spice up your life

Ask these three cooks and they’ll tell you ...

Biryani is my favourite dish. I love rice. There’s a recipe in Monsoon – it’s a spicy beef pulao with green chilies, made with mustard oil – that I could eat at any time [p104]. Wake me up at midnight

Persian-influenced dishes infused with spices bring vibrant flavour in Sabrina Ghayour’s newest book – and she promises they’re easy to make, too

For nutritional nous and macro-meeting food

Make the most of home-grown fruits and vegetables by cooking up delicious meals and relishes packed with flavours from the garden or allotment

Pastes are your storecupboard secret star that will transform any dish into a taste marvel, with recipes from food writer Gurdeep Loyal