What if the best cook in the family turned out to be the one nobody asked?

At the market with Aunty Meera, Vinod takes in the colour and noise of Little India. Back home he finds his Tatta frying perfect murukku — and learns that his grandfather was once a chef. Together they cook their way through Deepavali, and Vinod designs a menu grand enough to hold it all.

What your child will learn

• Reading a recipe inside a story — a gentle way into following instructions and sequence
• The dishes of a Singapore Deepavali, and the Little India market they come from
• That a grandparent has a whole life you have not heard about yet

About the series
One of five Illustrated Heritage Cookbooks, each following a child through the food of one of Singapore's communities — Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavali, a Peranakan party and a Eurasian Christmas.