‘I'm a curry evangelist!'

This Morning chef Nisha Katona on exploring the nation’s love of spice…

- REBECCA FLETCHER

When chef and restaurateur Nisha Katona rustled up a coconut and pineapple chicken curry for This Morning viewers in January, she had no idea of the excitement it would spark.

The speedy recipe received a record 100,000 views online, with host Phillip Schofield declaring it the best curry he had ever eaten!

‘It was so flattering,’ smiles Nisha, 49, who was a barrister for 20 years before she started a chain of Indian street-food restaurants, Mowgli.

Here, in an exclusive interview, Nisha chats to TV Times about her current miniseries for the ITV daytime show, plus shares her secrets to creating a mouth-watering balti...

What can you tell us about your UK travelogue for This Morning, Nisha’s Great British Curry Tour?