Title
Kiran's pestle & mortar
Description
Looking at her spice box, and her pestle & mortar, Kiran recalls her mother teaching her how to make bharta, and using that time to pass on memories of her family’s life in a refugee camp, where they lived following the partition of India.
"I started cooking from as early as 8 years old, helping my mother in her kitchen in north India. I moved to Oxford in 1971, and I have taught Indian vegetarian cooking to adults across Oxfordshire for more than 20 years. My simple home-cooked recipes wowed my students, who pleaded with me to bottle my unique flavours. And the Holy Cow! Food Company was born with my daugher at the helm. The range of curry sauces specialises in the best Indian regional flavours - from the Kashmir mountains to the beaches of Goa. The award-winning range is stocked at Waitrose and Ocado. All of the products follow slow-cooked, home methods genuinely passed down through generations.
All the credit goes to my mother, students, my 'pestle & mortar' and a special thanks to my daughter Anu."
Recorded during an online workshop on 14 July 2020.
Photos:
- Kiran's stone pestle & mortar, iron pestle & mortar
- Kiran's spice box
- Kiran's artwork inspired by her objects (created in a Mixing Matters workshop)
"I started cooking from as early as 8 years old, helping my mother in her kitchen in north India. I moved to Oxford in 1971, and I have taught Indian vegetarian cooking to adults across Oxfordshire for more than 20 years. My simple home-cooked recipes wowed my students, who pleaded with me to bottle my unique flavours. And the Holy Cow! Food Company was born with my daugher at the helm. The range of curry sauces specialises in the best Indian regional flavours - from the Kashmir mountains to the beaches of Goa. The award-winning range is stocked at Waitrose and Ocado. All of the products follow slow-cooked, home methods genuinely passed down through generations.
All the credit goes to my mother, students, my 'pestle & mortar' and a special thanks to my daughter Anu."
Recorded during an online workshop on 14 July 2020.
Photos:
- Kiran's stone pestle & mortar, iron pestle & mortar
- Kiran's spice box
- Kiran's artwork inspired by her objects (created in a Mixing Matters workshop)
Creator
Kiran Bhandari
Rights
Kiran Bhandari
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