Biography Books Mowgli was lost by his parents in the Indian jungle as a baby. Depending on the adaptation, Mowgli is overly-curious and adventurous, and very brave in the face of danger. Her most recent book “ Meat Free Mowgli” was published in 2022 and is currently available to purchase on our online Shop. Mowgli often is depicted as a energetic child with high respect for the jungle law taught to him by Baloo and Bagheera. She regularly appears on television and radio as a restaurant, food and business expert including becoming a regular panellist for Radio 4’s Kitchen Cabinet. In 2015 she published her first book “ Pimp My Rice” followed by the “ The Spice Tree“ in 2017, “ Mowgli Cook Book“ in 2018 and “ 30 Minute Mowgli” in 2021.

Her daily tweeted recipes have over 30k followers. Her YouTube cooking channel has an international following. Nisha is a food writer featured in a number of publications including the Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Independent. Nisha, a dedicated curry evangelist, has fond hopes for Mowgli’s growth and she still insists on hand picking curry virgins for her kitchens, hand training each new Mowgli chef. She gave up her 20 year career as a full time Barrister to build Mowgli Liverpool and opened Manchester Mowgli less than a year later. In 2018 Mowgli was awarded a placement in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list, and this year Nisha was recognised with an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list for services to the Food Industry. These dishes convey the truth that real Indian food is extremely healthy, often vegan and always packed with fresh flavour. The simple dishes of a Mowgli menu are a million miles away from the curry stereotype.

In 2014, founder Nisha Katona had a nagging obsession to build an eatery serving the kind of food Indians eat at home and on their streets.

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