Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Book Awards 2021
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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526601445Number of pages: 304Weight: 1290 gDimensions: 246 x 189 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'This book is a total joy'- Nigella Lawson
This is a wonderful mess of a book: inventive,fresh and deliciously irreverent. Duck Rendang and Paneer Gnudi with Saag are at the top of my cooking list - Yotam Ottolenghi
'Crazily,gloriously,life-affirmingly delicious...homely,warm,kind but inventive (in the best way),rule-bending and thoughtful'- Diana Henry
'Ravinder Bhogal has a brilliant understanding of spicing and pitch perfect taste. Her dishes are the kind that make you sit up and pay attention. She's a true talent'- Jay Rayner,The Observer
'Ravinder Bhogal is a brilliantly inventive cook,and her book displays the full range of her "lawless spirit",in recipes that deliciously combine her culinary heritage with the new possibilities from a global larder'- Salman Rushdie
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