Recipes that make you hungry, that’s what we love, and Chetna Makan has a talent for creating them in abundance. Here are four mouthwatering choices from her new book - a wonderful collection of healthy vegetarian and vegan dishes with family appeal. What more could you ask?

Courgette kofta curry

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These recipes aren’t about fad eating - they simply bring you into my kitchen so I can share my favourite everyday recipes with you… It just happens that they’re good for you too. I was brought up in a family where Mum cooked amazingly good food every day from scratch, never cutting corners or taking shortcuts. Our family dining table was where my love of food began. I still believe in the nutritional value of cooking from scratch, and when people ask how I eat so well and stay the same size, my answer is always the same: I just eat healthy food. I’m not a doctor or health specialist, but what I do know is that the food I cook uses a minimum of oil and ghee; that the produce - whether it’s vegetables, fish or chicken - is fresh and that the basic spices are good for you. Follow my lead and you’ll soon be creating flavour-packed meals that, regardless of the odd splash of cream here and there, are healthily balanced. CHETNA MAKAN

Rajma paneer

A BIT ABOUT CHETNA

She found fame on the 2014 series of Great British Bake Off and now has a successful YouTube channel, Food with Chetna. She grew up in a small town in central India before moving to Mumbai to train as a fashion designer. In 2004 she moved to the UK, where she lives with her husband and two children. These recipes are from Chetna’s fourth book (see overleaf).