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Cooking Healthy Indian Food - Miss Vicky Bhogal

GROWING UP IN BRITAIN Like many of her generation, 29 year old Vicky classes herself as a ‘British Asian’. Born and bred in Britain to Indian parents who came to this country in their childhood, food played a central role in Vicky’s childhood and family life. Helping her mother with the cooking was part and parcel of her upbringing – as was the case with many young British Asian girls. Her earliest memories are intertwined with those of delicious meals created by her family and relatives; women cooking together in the kitchen and gossiping, whilst lovingly feeding and nourishing her with their culinary delights. Vicky says this was like ‘literally being fed your cultural heritage’ and this is what cemented her love of and fascination with food and its role within culture and people’s lives. Her family and relatives remember how discerning she was about flavours even when she was only five years old! Many years later when Vicky was at University, she developed a real pining for her mother’s home cooking. Although she could cook the dishes, she couldn’t make them exactly as good as her mum and, as none of the recipe books available covered the real, traditional recipes families make at home, she had nothing to refer to whilst she was away. After graduating from University in 2000, King’s College London where she studied English Literature, Vicky decided to hone and perfect her culinary techniques.

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