Miso aubergines, chaat masala salad and grilled courgettes: Rukmini Iyer’s favourite sharing plates – recipes

Rukmini Iyer’s chaat masala with spiced watermelon, tomato and cucumber salad. Photograph: Lizzie Mayson/The Guardian. Food and prop styling: Kitty Coles. Food assistant: Immy Mucklow.

I’m so excited to share these recipes with you from my new book, The Green Cookbook. They’re perfect for lazy weekends with friends, because all of them can be mainly prepped in advance, leaving you with a little light assembly just before your guests arrive – they’re minimum effort, maximum flavour recipes. For a scorching weekend, the chaat masala watermelon, the fennel with burrata and pomegranate, and the griddled courgettes with mint and parmesan are wonderful sharing plates. Or, for an evening feast, the miso aubergines with kimchi and tofu fried rice is an easy crowdpleaser.

Chaat masala-spiced watermelon, tomato and cucumber salad (pictured top)