• (OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP LTD, R330) Indian food is delicious but, sometimes, it can be tricky to master. With Secrets from My Indian Family Kitchen by Anjali Pathak, Indian cooking has never been this easy! The spiced vegetable soup with lentils and roasted chilli, followed by the pistachio and chocolate filo parcels with sweet tahini dip, are the perfect combination for a hearty winter meal. If adventurous cooking is more your style, the stuffed sweet peppers or the slow-cooked tamarind-glazed pork are worth a try! To buy this cookbook online click here.

    (ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LTD, R475) Whether used in breakfast, lunch or dinner dishes, baked goods or desserts (and even drinks!), eggs are a must-have in every kitchen. Egg by Blanche Vaughan offers a host of egg-cellent dishes. The pages are filled with pictures of eggs made in every way possible and the bright-yellow palette will bring sunshine into any winter day! Don’t miss the tomato and Gruyère quiche, the herb and potato frittata or the zabaglione ice cream. To buy this cookbook online click here.