Return to Kenya, a seven part TV series coming to Amazon Prime, follows Anita Kerai returning to her birthplace 22 years after leaving. The 43 year old former accountant from Harrow changed career and became a chef. In the show she returns to Kenya retraces her culinary roots and inspiration.
Anita says: “Although I’m a busy working mum of two, I always make time to prepare home cooked meals. I hope both Return to Kenya and Flavours of Kenya brings cultures and communities together, because cooking for my family and friends is my way of showing them love.”
The forthcoming TV title, which will be available to stream from November 24, recreates recipes from Anita’s Kenyan-Indian upbringing. A Hindu faith combined with African hardships lend flavour to 100 per cent vegan & vegetarian recipes that intentionally reduce food waste.
At the same time Anita will release Flavours of Kenya, a 170-page cookbook which revisits several dishes from Return to Kenya. These include Swahili Vegetable Udhiyu, which draws natural ingredients from Kenya alongside Anita’s ancestral home of Gujarat. Other one-pot recipes were learned in Nairobi and Mombasa from Anita’s parents, grandparents and friends, and then perfected for a global audience.
