About this season
Join Chef Asma Khan in her new show, Secrets of the Curry Kitchen, on a journey through the vibrant world of Indian cuisine.
Episodes (10)
1. The Patient Cook
Aired 8 May 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan celebrates being a patient cook with slow cooked kosha mangsho, a divine duck bhuna, veg filled parathas and an incredible dessert.
2. The Classics
Aired 15 May 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan explores the timeless flavours of Indian classics from a delicious Daal, and Jhal Farezi, to tangy Aloo Gobi Mattar and the historic First-Class Railway Curry.
3. Tangra: Kolkata's China Town
Aired 22 May 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan's recipes are inspired by Kolkata's Chinatown. They include chicken, chilli steak with spicy mash and mouthwatering Tangra prawns.
4. Sweet Things
Aired 29 May 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan showcases the beauty of Indian desserts, with fragrant kheer, a spiced bread and butter pudding, a chocolate treat and banana fritters.
5. Of Rice and Bread
Aired 6 June 2025 • 22 min
Rice and bread dishes are popular, especially the aloo paratha. Asma Kahn cooks prawn biryani, friendship rotis made to share, and a syrupy sweet.
6. Finding Flavour
Aired 13 June 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan celebrates herbs and marinades. Fenugreek methi chicken, the hariyali baked version, and mouth-watering tamarind prawns.
7. Sumptuous Snacks
Aired 20 June 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan makes spiced Kabab Burgers, crispy monsoon pakoras, flavourful koftas and indulgent chilli cheese toasties - perfect sumptuous snacks.
8. Star Vegetables
Aired 27 June 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan shares the secret recipes and history of the most popular dishes at her critically acclaimed Indian restaurant, Darjeeling Express.
9. Street Food
Aired 4 July 2025 • 22 min
Chef Asma Khan celebrates the joy of street food, featuring chicken momos, potato and sweetcorn patties, lamb 'jali' kabab and paneer skewers.
10. Best of Bengal
Aired 10 July 2025 • 22 min
Asma loves cooking Bengali influenced food. On the menu is her mother's prawn malaikari, an omelette curry, a rich fish curry, and a coconut dessert.