Excitement over a tree

In Brisbane’s second Botanical Gardens, I noticed a curry leaf tree. The leaves not only add flavour to food, but are an antioxidant. I savoured the smell of those leaves dangling enticingly from the branches when a gardener appeared.

Uppuma

I don’t remember where I first tried uppuma in South India, but I knew it was a flavour my taste buds craved again. After I left India, I scoured a bookshop in Tanzania and came across a South Indian cookbook with the very recipe inside.