Spanish Paella

Betty's 'Kenyan Chicken, Rice and Vegetables'

For us people from HK, we have the Thermos cooker. It's a must for most Cantonese people, especially living away from home. This is because we LOVE soup. Not the thick kind, but the type that is more like a clear broth. We add lots of random things that are good for you in some way or other (there are different things for every season, illness or situations). The other parts of China will say that we waste electricity because these soups need to be boiled for several hours. This is where the Thermos cooker comes in. All you do it heat the ingredients in the hot for about 10-15 minutes, put the whole thing into the thermos and leave for a few hours. It will carry on cooking due to the heat. It's amazing. Someone gave us one recently and I love it!

In African, there is a cooking basket. It's made of material and foam, in the form of a large basket. Food can be cooked until boiling point, transferred to a box or handleless pan and placed inside the basket. A large cushion is used to cover and trap the heat inside. This is a common way to ensure that there is hot food at the end of a working day for the whole family to enjoy. 

 Luhyia/Nairobi, Kenya

Abeer's 'Mashed Potato Balls'

This dish is so beautiful that I can't resist  putting it on this blog. Although I didn't really get the recipe and the ingredients, you can guess and pretty much make it up as you wish. It's not a traditional Saudi dish, but I do think that people make it there. 

I tried this at Abeer's house. She is an amazing chef, even though she only really started to cook here in the UK about two years ago. Back in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, she didn't need to cook as someone at home would do it. Here, as a student, she has learnt to prepare both traditional Saudi food as well as international dishes from across the world.