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Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen

Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen

Hardcover

Cookbooks GeneralGeneral Regional Cooking

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ISBN10: 1526601443
ISBN13: 9781526601445
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: Jul 28 2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 2.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 7.40 Depth: 9.80
Language: English

Jikoni means 'kitchen' in Kiswahili, a word that perfectly captures Ravinder Bhogal's approach to food.

Ravinder was born in Kenya to Indian parents; when she moved to London as a child, the cooking of her new home collided with a heritage that crossed continents. What materialised was a playful approach to the world's larder, and Ravinder's recipes do indeed have a rebellious soul. They are lawless concoctions that draw their influences from one tradition and then another - Cauliflower Popcorn with Black Vinegar Dipping Sauce; Spicy Aubergine Salad with Peanuts, Herbs and Jaggery Fox Nuts; Skate with Lime Pickle Brown Butter; Tempura Samphire and Nori; Lamb and Aubergine Fatteh; or utterly irresistible Banana Cake accompanied by Miso Butterscotch and Ovaltine Kulfi.

These proudly inauthentic recipes are what you might loosely call 'immigrant cuisine', with evocative stories from a past that illustrates the powerful relationship between food, people, place and identity. The tastes and smells of this brazen new world are sophisticated, welcoming, fresh, exciting and bold.

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