A few weeks ago I made fluffy American pancakes for Sunday brunch. They got me thinking about savoury pancakes, which then got me thinking about Indian spiced pancakes for the blog…and here we are. It’s a wonderful thing when an idea materialises into something delicious on your plate…and on your Facebook wall with your friends telling you how hungry you More →
I first really noticed butternut squash when I was living in the UK. It is enormously popular in soups and sometimes in curries although I had never eaten it or cooked with it due to a lifelong aversion to any vegetable in the squash family. Feeling that I should act like a grown-up and give it another chance, I made one of Ottolenghi’s More →
I will confess to being a little lazy when it comes to cooking brown rice. I don’t eat rice, brown or white, often enough to justify owning a rice cooker, I’d much rather save the counter space for other gadgets like a coffee grinder for my spices, a blender for my smoothies and soups and 2 different sizes of food processor More →
The cookbook has gone to the publishers! A few weeks ago I had a final read through of the manuscript which Shalini brought in person when she came to Kenya and did her first ever Just Jhoom! class on African soil to rave reviews (you can read about it here). The food photos had been completed months ago; the photo of me More →
I’m relieved 2011 is over. As grateful as I am for all the good things that happened last year – working on the Cook to Jhoom book (especially the food photography and writing this blog), being able to spend lots of quality time with my parents after moving back to Mombasa, and beginning a running program (which has suffered a More →
It is so hot in Mombasa right now, cold drinks and cool showers are de rigueur. Most days I am awake by 7am (5.30am when I am doing my running training – more about that when I have completed the program in a few weeks) when the heat has not yet managed to stifle the life out of me and More →
I love a substantial, moist, and bursting-with-flavour vegetable/bean patty, topped with a zingy sauce or two, sandwiched in a soft wholegrain burger bun, and nestled on fresh, crispy salad greens, tomatoes and red onions. Veggie burgers have really grown in popularity and it’s wonderful to see how creative home and professional cooks have become in their efforts to craft a tasty veggie burger. The More →
If you were celebrating, I hope you had a lovely Diwali this year. I love Diwali; it’s full of colour, lights, friends, family, parties, presents and sweet treats. And treats they should be! This is the time of year when our kitchen counters and refrigerators fill up with mithai (Indian sweets – cloyingly sweet, creamy, nutty and buttery), cakes, dried More →