How to make Rukmini Iyer's quick and easy one-pan chilli, coconut and lime salmon

The cook and author of the Roasting Tin series is back. She chats to Lauren Taylor about Indian train journeys and cooking as a new mum.

Rukmini Iyer and her chilli, coconut and lime salmon. Pictures: David Loftus/PA Photos

When Rukmini Iyer wrote the hugely successful Roasting Tin series, she never imagined just how crucial her simple, one-tray recipes would actually be – until she became a mum.

“What I said about the Roasting Tin books, ‘Oh, it’s great if you don’t have much time’ – I didn’t know what not having much time was until I had a baby!” she says, laughing. “I really appreciate having written books where I can just put things in a tray.