The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: May 2025
Welcome to the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club! Find out how it works, how to get involved and what prizes you can win.
The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club: May 2025
Welcome to the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club! Find out how it works, how to get involved and what prizes you can win.
Even with the vast number of recipes available on the internet these days, there’s nothing quite like leafing through a beautiful book full of recipes. It’s a medium that’s stronger than ever before, with cookbooks topping bestseller charts throughout the year. If you’re anything like us then you’ll have shelves upon shelves of them in your home – some kept in pristine condition, others earmarked, stained and scrawled over after years of use.
It’s this national love for cookbooks that has prompted us to start our very own cookbook club. Each month we’ll select a cookbook that we think stands out from the rest and ask you, the Great British Chefs community, to cook a recipe from it. We’ll publish a small selection of recipes on our site so, even if you don’t already have the book, you can still get involved and see how your cooking compares to everyone else’s. Apply to join the Facebook group here and take a look at this month's book (and recipes) below. We've also included the winning post from last month's book, as well as some of our other favourite entries.
This month's cookbook is Monsoon
For May we're going to be cooking from Monsoon by Asma Khan! Although the name feels a little bit ironic, given the current drought we’re having across Europe and the UK, we’re sure you’ll love it. It’s full of brilliant recipes that are sure to delight – Choler Dal, Karai Gosht, Haldi Dood – even in these decidedly rain-free times. The book carefully explains in great detail subtle elements of Indian cooking that are often overlooked – how Indian onions are different from British ones, for example, or how to toast cumin seeds so they don’t burn. In fact, while the recipes are of course fantastic, the book is worth buying for the introductory pages alone. You’ll learn so much that can be applied to any Indian recipe.
Omelette curry
Chotpoti
Aubergine with poppy seeds
Last month's winners
In April, you cooked dishes from Agak Agak by Shu Han Lee! Huge congratulations to April's cookbook club winner Laurie who takes home a prize. Take a look at Laurie's entry below, as well as those from our runners up!
Make sure you post photos along with commentary of the dishes you cook this month in our Facebook group to be in with the chance of winning.
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