BBC Good Food podcast – Rukmini Iyer's cashew nut pulao rice
Orlando Murrin chats with Rukmini Iyer about her career journey from English Literature graduate, to solicitor, to food stylist and recipe book writer
BBC Good Food Podcast
Hosts Tom Kerridge, Miriam Nice, Mallika Basu and Orlando Murrin chat to cooks, chefs and characters about their favourite dish – how they’ve made it their own, where it’s led them on their cooking journey and life lessons and laughs along the way.
Discover inspiring new recipes and cook along with us in our easy-to-follow bonus episodes.
Growing up eating a mixture of South Indian, Bengali and Western food, Rukmini found influence and inspiration in her Mum’s home cooking.
She shares with Orlando the secret to perfectly browned onions, microwave rice and what to do with leftovers.
Listen to more podcast episodes, including our Cook Smart podcast and more Tom Kerridge podcast episodes.
Bonus episode
Lets cook together: Cashew nut pulao rice
Orlando Murrin was projected into the culinary limelight by MasterChef, when his 1992 semifinal was watched by 12 million people. He was soon writing a daily recipe column for a national newspaper and held the position of editor of the successful BBC Good Food magazine for 6 years. He now writes a column for Waitrose Weekend, presents the BBC Good Food Podcast with Tom Kerridge and since 2019 he has been President of the Guild of Food Writers. He is a panelist, presenter and demonstrator at food festivals, including those in Exeter and Dartmouth, local to his home in Devon.
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