--- product_id: 109150082 title: "The Spice Tree: Indian Cooking Made Beautifully Simple" brand: "nisha katona" price: "€ 61.04" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/109150082-the-spice-tree-indian-cooking-made-beautifully-simple store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # The Spice Tree: Indian Cooking Made Beautifully Simple **Brand:** nisha katona **Price:** € 61.04 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Spice Tree: Indian Cooking Made Beautifully Simple by nisha katona - **How much does it cost?** € 61.04 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/109150082-the-spice-tree-indian-cooking-made-beautifully-simple) ## Best For - nisha katona enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted nisha katona brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Spice Tree: Indian Cooking Made Beautifully Simple ## Images ![The Spice Tree: Indian Cooking Made Beautifully Simple - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81LmsDPUk4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Refreshing Approach - Simplifies the complex world of Spices in Indian cooking *by M***I on Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017* This is one of the rare books for Beginners that successfully imparts the knowledge of the mysterious world of spices applied in Indian food, in an amazingly simple and grasping manner. For beginners it is a perfect takeoff, for those with intermediate knowledge it provides a confirmation and a fresh new way to look into the spice world, for the experts it is a great refresher.Making the spice world ridiculously simple - the books scores on many fronts#1 - Structure. Giving us the big picture right at the get go, opening up with the "Spice Tree" format and then deep diving into each step of using the spices, Next quickly visiting each spice - their use, how to apply them and what ifs, before moving into recipes to solidify the "method" and application of spices taught earlier. The best thing that comes out is the "hand-holding" that happens for the reader throughout the book#2 - Simplification. Not all knowledgeable experts possess the gift of brilliantly teaching the expertise they possess. The author, here is one of those rare teachers, that teaches the complex subject with the required deftness. Ridiculously simplifying the spice journey by providing (a) the overall picture - (the spice tree) (b) the spice combinations used - before, during and after the preparation (c) pouring into each spice (d) and answering the why and what if's through the journey, it makes the education for the beginner very easy and quickly provides the confidence to enter the kitchen and whip up a spice dish.#3 - Hand-holding. Most books and even live classes fail is providing, is the "hand holding" in education a new subject or a complex topic. Here's where the books score big points. By the time one has completed a few chapters, one starts getting the confidence and the "itch" to quickly prepare a dish using the author's laid out foundationsHighly recommend to the beginners and those who have had a brief knowledge of spices, have been blindly following Indian recipes but never knew the why and what ifs, the brief science behind the application of spices. This book will open the doors to all that and I firmly believe make the reader a very creative in kitchenThe one negative about this book is the lack of a bigger image of the SPICE Tree in the Kindly edition - it is hard to read the small print in the spice tree image and trying to print the spice tree to stick on your refrigerator leave us with a diagram that is hard, if not impossible to read. ### ⭐⭐ So so *by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018* I did not like it. Not helpful ### ⭐ Hardly a book on spice *by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020* Nisha Katona's book has been disappointing to say the very least. Buying on line has it's drawbacks, and one being that if I had opened the book in a store I certainly would not have bought it. The book is missing images of whole or ground spices which one would expect in this book. To a novice in Indian cuisine, it would be the first step to be able to visually identify & understand the spices. And ditto for the dals, lentils and legumes, impossible to visually identify what the recipe calls for. The most disappointing aspect of the book is that gives "Garam Masala" as a basic spice blend. "Garam Masala" is a blend known as an aromatic & frangrant garnish to complete a dish it is added as a very last step, but not the prime blend to begin a dish. All commercial producers have their own variation of what this blend should be, so how can one assess that the recipe will give the authentic flavour of say a popular dish like "Butter Chicken". It would have been far better for the author to create her own unique recipe for a specific blend to use in certain recipes than to suggest a blend for fragrance that would deliver a questionable result. I made her "Hyderabadi Coconut & Almond Chicken" of course it was utterly favourless. Such a pity. The author has excluded a number of regions in the book which leaves a hole in the overall understanding of spices and their place in Indian cuisine. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/109150082-the-spice-tree-indian-cooking-made-beautifully-simple](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/109150082-the-spice-tree-indian-cooking-made-beautifully-simple) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-06-02*