Christmas dinner, and the food we eat throughout the festive season, is changing. It’s becoming more internationally inspired. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Mallika Basu - renowned chef and food-and-culture expert to create a set of five festive recipes.
Born and brought up in Kolkata, Mallika was dispatched to England for her undergraduate degree by her family, with just the recipe for one chicken curry and one dal. Having started university unable to boil an egg, Mallika left both with a Master’s degree and a new confidence in the kitchen. This confidence grew as Mallika entered the corporate world, where she balanced her job with time spent cooking new dishes and blogging about them. Fast forward some years, and Mallika is now a chef known for her international outlook with two published cookbooks. Mallika’s cooking is still often rooted in Indian flavours, but she’ll bring in spices and techniques from around the globe to the table. At Christmas, all this comes to the table as old school ‘traditional’ favourites mix with international flavours.
Mallika lives an international life, too. Based in London, Mallika still has strong roots overseas. With Wise, Mallika sends, spends and manages her international money - most notably paying her pilates instructor in Mumbai, who teaches via Zoom.
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