Mallika is a food writer, cookery book author and cook who lives in London, and is originally from Bengal, India. She has authored two cookery  books ‘Miss Masala’ and ‘Masala’ and has also been featured on Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation TV come back programme and on Jamie Oliver’s online cookery channel, Foodtube. Mallika writes a regular food column called Simply Spiced in the Evening Standard as well as ad hoc cookbook reviews, restaurant and comment pieces. She was nominated a Tastemaker, one of London’s top 1000 influencers in 2018.http://www.mallikabasu.com