Kamalabai Ogale's ruchira (1997)

The Marathi cookbook that has sat in Maharashtrian kitchens since 1970 and has sold around 450,000 copies. Kamalabai Ogale began it as notes for her own family, and the English edition gathers vegetarian recipes from across Maharashtra. The original measured in household bowls and spoons rather than restaurant scales, and the recipes keep that family-sized feel. It fills the gap between Gujarat and Goa that most English-language shelves leave empty.