Jikoni - Proudly Inauthentic Recipes From an Immigrant Kitchen

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ravinder Bhogal, Bhogal Ravinder
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781526601445
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-0144-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 250 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink; Asia, Africa, COOKING / Essays & Narratives, COOKING / Individual Chefs & Restaurants, Middle East, COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Indian & South Asian, Cookery / food & drink etc, General cookery & recipes, General cookery and recipes