The Woman Who Taught the West How to Cook Indian Food

Forty years ago, a ground-breaking cookery program popularized cooking Indian food at home. In fact, it proved so popular in the UK, US and continental Europe that supermarkets ran out of many ingredients featured on the show. It was presented by the Indian actor turned food writer Madhur Jaffrey. ‘Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery’ became the first mainstream series about Indian food broadcast in the UK presented by an Indian.