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Sanjana Feasts

By Sanjana Modha

Original recipes of savoury & sweet feasts: delicious plant-based Indian comfort food for your soul.

Food & drink | IWD

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Publication date: Summer 2024

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Sanjana Feasts is a collection of eighty original vegetarian and vegan recipes, where you’ll discover a kaleidoscope of fresh takes on regional Indian favourites and recipes from the diaspora to feed your soul.

Sanjana Modha is an extraordinary talent, a rising star in modern Indian cuisine. Inspired by her Indian heritage, East African family background, and Yorkshire roots, Sanjana's approach to food is gloriously authentic – fusing flavours and influences to represent who she is and what she loves to eat. With signature dishes such as ruffled biryani, pasta daal, and Indian-inspired Rocky Road, Sanjana is paving a new direction for Indian cuisine.

Consider that Gulab Jamun, the most iconic of desserts, traditionally refers to spongy caramelised milk balls bobbing in syrup – but swap the syrup bath for a glossy sticky toffee sauce pour-over and you have a collision of heritage flavours, reminiscent of the traditional great British school dinner pudding.

From bourbon biscuit laddoos to deep-dish desi pizza, all washed down with different versions of chai, Sanjana Feasts is a series of dazzling snapshots of modern Indian diaspora food. Each recipe in her debut cookbook is presented in an unapologetically simple way, with helpful step-by-step photographs for technique-led recipes like how to create layers for the flakiest paratha of your life.

Image credits: Design by Mecob. Images: © Shutterstock.com. Food photography © Sanjana Modha. Book designs, cover and other images are for illustrative purposes and may differ from final design.

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Sanjana Modha
Born to vegetarian parents, I have followed a lacto-vegetarian diet my whole life. Growing up in a meat-free home, with parents who love to cook, always kept meals satisfying and delicious. Both my grandfathers were chefs in East Africa, so a passion for good food is a family trait I’m immensely proud of. We cook warming daals, curries, Indian and African snacks, as well as experiment with new dishes. Indian-inspired pasta, tandoori pizza and spicy shepherd’s pie are mainstays in our family home.

Throughout my lifetime, I’ve seen a visible shift in the Western understanding of what Indian food is. It’s gone from curry house creations, to an exploration of regional food, to fusion cuisine and more recently, an appreciation of street food and casual dining. Today, Indian food is a cacophony of all these elements and more. With each dish in this book, my aim is to warm your soul with classic Indian flavours, as well as introduce fresh and exciting new meal ideas for every day.

Achievements

Winner – SHE Awards, Outstanding Culinary Skills, 2021
Finalist - Asian Media Awards, Best Blog 2020

"Featuring traditional Asian dishes with a hint of modernity, Indian-origin Brit, Sanjana creates beautiful recipes that are bound to make you nostalgic." - Vogue India

“Sanjana, a British Indian-East African takes inspiration from her multicultural roots to create recipes for her followers on Instagram. Through simple and easy recipes, this glocal girl transports you to grandma’s kitchen.” - Tastemade
BUT FIRST, CHAI

Bring your stretchy pants and leave your shoes at the door.

‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ is the foundational mantra of our hospitality. This Sanskrit phrase carries the meaning ‘Guest is God’ and it’s taken very seriously. Just as offerings of food and drink are brought to temples as a means of worship, it is customary to treat those who visit our homes with the same generosity and warmth. From the host’s perspective, this is simply a way of appreciating the presence of their guest. To acknowledge the journey another soul has taken to be with you at that very moment is regarded as an act of true compassion. So, we will begin at the beginning.

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Sanjana Modha has written 5 private updates. You can pledge to get access to them all.

30th September 2023 5 Daal Cooking Tips You Might Be Missing

I make daal at least once a week. A simple dish of lentils and spices is the ultimate dose of comfort food, especially at this time of year. It's also a budget-friendly dish that can be a simple affair, or dressed up with an abundance of spices and garnishes.

Here are my go-to tips for making a better bowl of daal.

1. Mix your lentils

Not all lentils were created equally…

21st July 2023 5 Gems to Grab from the Indian Supermarket Freezer

I went and raided the freezer at my local Indian supermarket. Quite frankly, it’s one of my favourite things to do. It's a place for grabbing old favourites and finding new things to try; just the right balance of home comforts and adventure. As you may sense, the Indian supermarket shopping trip is something I take pretty seriously.

You'll find snacks and ready meals galore in this particular…

15th November 2022 How it's all going: Sanjana Feasts

Feasts HQ has become somewhat of a powerhouse of food. At exactly 50% of the way through recipe testing, the test kitchen reminds me of the Invention Room in my all-time favourite book, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. I'm just cooking up a different type of daal to the delicious wonders cooked up by the author, Roald Dahl.

'All about him black metal pots were boiling and bubbling on…

27th October 2022 Sticky Toffee Gulab Jamun

Sticky Toffee Gulab Jamun. That’s it. That’s the theme for October. I’ve been testing this recipe endlessly over the past few months. It stuns me that I don’t have giant Gulab Jamuns coming out of my ears yet. There’s still time, however.

Thankfully, this Asian-British fusion dish is almost ready to share with you in all its’ pillowy, rosy caramel glory.

If haven't yet experienced the soft…

24th August 2022 100% funded. You made it happen!

It's official. Sanjana Feasts, the cookbook is happening. Yesterday we reached in excess of 100% funding for this delicious ode to modern Indian cuisine. I couldn’t have done it without the 850+ people who have so kindly pledged over the past 4 weeks. Some of you may know that I’ve been food blogging for the best part of 14 years (!). It’s been a long road getting here. I’m electrified to be able…

29th July 2022 POLL: Vote to reveal a delicious recipe at 75% funding!

We're approaching the end of our first week and I am absolutely blown away by the camaraderie and kindness of every person who's backed my debut cookbook, Sanjana Feasts. Thank you to every single one of you.

As you're probably already aware, I'm very excited to get this cookbook out into the world. I've spent a great deal of time thinking about the recipes I think you'll enjoy and most importantly…
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Sneha Parikh asked:

Hi sorry a bit confused, is this an ebook or a hard book. I want only the ebook. Can I please have the link Thanks

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Hi Sneha, Please pledge for the digital level on the rewards page. This will mean you are only sent an ebook once the book is published.

Rajul Shah asked:

Hi there. Will the recipes be the same as your youtube channel?

Sanjana Modha replied:

Hi Rajul, thanks for your question. Of the 80 recipes in the book, 3-4 recipes will be new and improved adaptations of recipes on my YouTube channel. Everything else will be brand new. Hope this helps and happy cooking! Sanjana

Rajul Shah asked:

Thanks! Also is the digital version a Kindle version or PDF or something else that I have to subscribe to?

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Sneha Parikh asked:

Hi can I buy only the ebook and not the hard copy? If yes, what are the charges Thankyou

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