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Recipe books, made for fictional families

Every example here was made with AI from a template, for a family we made up. Your book uses your names, your answers and your photos.

An elderly woman in a lilac kurta and white dupatta smiles at her kitchen counter, a bowl of sheer khurma and a closed green diary beside her.

Example book · made with AI for a fictional family

Zeenat Nani ki Rasoi: 32 Recipes from Lucknow

For Alina in Bengaluru and Zaid in Toronto, from their mother Farhana, with Nani's own voice notes. A fictional family.

A large hardcover in the Heirloom facsimile style. Farhana photographed Nani's green cloth diary on an Eid visit. Nani said she would like to add her voice, and over the next two weeks she answered the questions she chose and skipped the rest. Every recipe prints her handwriting beside the typed version, and her voice plays from a QR code on each page.

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  1. Close view of a bowl of sheer khurma with almonds, pistachios and dates, an older woman's hands sprinkling nuts over it.

    Sheer khurma, every Eid morning. "Sevaiyan ghee mein tab tak bhuno jab tak rang badaam jaisa na ho jaaye." Zaid always asks for extra khajoor.

  2. A grandmother and her granddaughter shape kebabs together over a steel plate in a sunlit kitchen.

    Shami kebab, for every family dawat. "Masala andaaze se, jab tak khushboo na aa jaaye." (Garam masala: about 1 teaspoon, approx.)

  3. A grandmother sits on a sofa holding a phone close to her mouth, recording a voice note with a gentle smile.

    Who taught you? "Meri ammi ne, isi shehar mein. Aur ab tum log seekho." Scan the code beside this page to hear Nani say it in her own voice.

Sunanda and Ketaki laughing together at the kitchen counter as they roll out polis.

Example book · made with AI for a fictional family

For Ketaki, With Love: Aai's Recipes for Your New Kitchen

For Ketaki, from Aai (Sunanda), Nashik, before her wedding in February, with a blessing from Aaji and Ajoba. A fictional family.

A Classic hardcover in the Steel dabba modern style, ordered with the rush option so it arrived a week before the wedding. Twenty-two dishes, arranged from the simplest first meal to festival food, with Sunanda's handwriting on every page. Aaji and Ajoba were happy to record a short blessing, which plays from the last page.

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  1. A steel plate of rice and yellow varan as Aai pours a spoon of ghee on top.

    Varan bhaat, the first thing to cook in your new kitchen. "Keep the varan simple. The toop goes on at the end, never before."

  2. Ketaki flips a puran poli on an iron tawa while Aai watches over her shoulder.

    Puran poli, for your first Gudi Padwa there. "The puran is ready when the spoon stands up in it." Scan the code to hear Aaji and Ajoba's blessing.

  3. Ketaki alone in a small new kitchen, unpacking steel vessels from a cardboard box.

    Your kitchen now, Ketaki. Cook it your way, and call me the first time the bhakri cracks.

A mother shows her student son how to temper mustard seeds in a small kadai in their kitchen.

Example book · made with AI for a fictional family

Veetu Saapadu: Amma's Recipes for Vignesh in Manchester

For Vignesh, from Amma (Vasanthi) and Appa, Coimbatore, packed before his September flight. A fictional family.

A Card booklet for his suitcase and a Classic softcover for the shelf, both in the Steel dabba modern style. Twenty-four dishes made simple for a shared hostel kitchen, each with Amma's handwriting, a short video QR she agreed to record, and a swap note for a supermarket abroad, marked as a suggestion.

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  1. A steel vessel of steaming red rasam with coriander leaves, a small steel tumbler beside it.

    Rasam in twenty minutes. "Tamarind the size of a small lemon, no more." Swap note: if fresh tamarind is hard to find, a small spoon of tamarind paste can stand in, our suggestion and not Amma's.

  2. A young man stirs a pot in a shared student kitchen on a grey, rainy day.

    Thayir saadam for exam weeks. "Add the curd only when the rice is cool, or it turns sour by lunch."

  3. A young man eats lemon rice from a steel plate at a small table by a rainy window, smiling.

    Lemon rice, for the day you miss home most. Scan the code to watch Amma make it in our kitchen, start to finish.

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