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    VERMICELLI MILK PUDDING WITH SAFFRON MANGOES

    VERMICELLI MILK PUDDING WITH SAFFRON MANGOES

    This recipe is based on my mum’s go-to dinner party classic, which she’s been serving in the same crystal bowl for decades. It’s never once let her down. It’s made by poaching roasted wheat vermicelli in milk and cardamom, which creates something as comforting but not...
    EAST AFRICAN PEANUT CAKE

    EAST AFRICAN PEANUT CAKE

    Mum talks fondly about a cake that was made by an Ismaili Gujarati friend of hers back in Uganda. Neither her friends nor she had ovens, so they used to take the mixture down to a baker in the East Nile District and go for a swim or play with baby crocodiles while it...
    PISTACHIO + ALMOND CAKE WITH SAFFRON ICING

    PISTACHIO + ALMOND CAKE WITH SAFFRON ICING

    This is a rich cake for a celebration. Serves 6 1 cup ground pistachios1 cup ground almonds¾ cup self-rising flour½ teaspoon baking soda¾ cup sugar½ teaspoon ground cardamom (or finely ground seeds from 6 pods)½ teaspoon ground cinnamonzest of 1 lemon2 tablespoons...
    GULAB JAMUNS IN SAFFRON SYRUP

    GULAB JAMUNS IN SAFFRON SYRUP

    Diwali is great for two reasons. It’s a celebration of good over evil, and it’s the one time of the year that dentists and doctors in the Indian community keep quiet while the rest of us wade thigh-deep into our sugar-spun fantasies, eating googras, cham chams, kaju...
    BENGAL BAKED CURD WITH TAMARIND BERRIES

    BENGAL BAKED CURD WITH TAMARIND BERRIES

    My dad’s favorite dessert is cheesecake. While the rest of us plan our meals around mains, he’s already sidled up to the dessert trolley. American style, Italian, and even Greens Original (the packet stuff): he loves them all. But this year, I thought I’d create a...