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Ayla by Santosh Shah

&  Recipe adapted from Ayla: A Feast of Nepali Dishes from Terai, Hills and the Himalayas by Santosh Shah. (£20, DK) Photographs Matt Russell.

any years ago, I backpacked around Nepal, eating dhal for breakfast while staring at the Himalayas. I remember the food being completely different to anything I’d tasted in 2020. His humble attitude and cooking from his Nepalese heritage earned him the title ‘People’s Champion’, even if he did lose out to talented Essex chef Alex Webb. Judge Marcus Wareing described Santosh’s dishes as ‘magical’ and it took me back to roadside cafés where I’d guzzled chicken-and-ginger-filled momos.

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