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Jacqui talks about cooking pumpkin leaves:

"You can have peanut butter in some green vegetables, like pumpkin leaves - we cook those as vegetables. It’s fantastic! When I see people in the allotments growing their pumpkins, I’m like, can I have…

Steve talks about his rolling pin, which he bought when visiting a village in Kutch, the desert part of Gujarat.

"They have this folk art, where they paint objects in this way (...) the colours are incredibly happy - bright red, yellow, oranges...…

Chinta talks about her dekchi (a flat-bottomed cooking pot), its use and care.

Photos:
- Chinta's dekchi and a personal cookbook filled with family recipes
- Chinta leafing through her cookbook

Rashmi talks about the rolling pin her mother gave her when she first came to visit from India in 1969, which she's been using every day since then. “This is my rolling pin and a board, on which we roll. We call it chakla belan and that's why the…

Mark talks about using this handmade coconut grater, a very common item in Guyana.

“This humble coconut grater is very common in Guyana. It’s handmade. What happens is you sit on the wooden part of it, the end with the metal bit sticks out, you…

Kalpana talks about traditional cement flour grinders commonly used in India. The grinder she shows here is a wooden toy one which has been in her family for about 40 years. For Kenyan-born Kalpana, it also brings up memories of being the first one…

Govind - known in the community for his jalebi skills - explains how to make this sweet snack, popular all across South Asia and the Middle East. He talks about making it for Teej, the fasting festival of women in Nepal, and how the Nepalese…

For Chinta, her spice container shaped as a duck - not a swan! - brings back nostalgic memories of her younger days in South Africa. The beautifully crafted item, made in India in the 1950s, hides spice containers much like any other masala dabba,…