How to cook like… Jasmine Hemsley: listen now

Gilly Smith

delicious. podcast producer Gilly is a food journalist who loves to delve into the deep stuff. She's written a total of 16 books throughout her career

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In a brand new feature, I chat to chefs and food writers about their culinary philosophy while they make me lunch. Genius.

This week, in the first of the series, I learn to cook like Ayurvedic well-being coach Jasmine Hemsley, who’s cooking me a classic Indian dish.

How to cook like… Jasmine Hemsley: listen now

At Jasmine’s home, we discuss the history of ayurveda and the energies surrounding the tradition before heading into the kitchen to make kitchari, a classic Indian dish made with rice. You can find her recipe here.

Jasmine coaches me through the dish and how the carefully thought-out ingredients each have different ayurvedic powers.

She suggests that our vitality, well-being and happiness is all about the way, and how, we eat.

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