--- product_id: 253922922 title: "Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen" price: "217.46 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/253922922-jikoni-proudly-inauthentic-recipes-from-an-immigrant-kitchen store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Global fusion recipes from immigrant roots Hardcover for lasting kitchen inspiration 304 pages of culinary adventure Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen **Price:** 217.46 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌟 Cook Outside the Box, Join the Global Flavor Revolution! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen - **How much does it cost?** 217.46 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/253922922-jikoni-proudly-inauthentic-recipes-from-an-immigrant-kitchen) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Culinary World Tour:** Explore bold, boundary-breaking recipes blending African, Indian, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and more flavors. - • **Elevate Your Pantry:** Encourages sourcing unique, exotic ingredients to transform your cooking and wow your social circle. - • **Chef-Approved Creativity:** Endorsed by culinary icons like Ottolenghi and literary legend Salman Rushdie—cook with confidence and flair. - • **Immigrant Kitchen Stories:** Each recipe is a narrative connecting food, identity, and culture for a truly immersive experience. - • **Masterclass in Complexity:** Multi-step, multi-ingredient dishes designed for the skilled cook ready to impress and innovate. ## Overview Jikoni is a 304-page hardcover cookbook by Ravinder Bhogal that celebrates immigrant-inspired, globally fused recipes. It offers sophisticated, multi-step dishes that challenge and delight skilled cooks, blending diverse culinary traditions with bold, inventive flavors. Endorsed by Ottolenghi and Salman Rushdie, this book invites adventurous food lovers to elevate their cooking with unique ingredients and stories that connect food to culture and identity. ## Description Jikoni means ‘kitchen’ in Kiswahili, a word that perfectly captures Ravinder Bhogal’s approach to food. Ravinder was born in Kenya to Indian parents; when she moved to London as a child, the cooking of her new home collided with a heritage that crossed continents. What materialised was a playful approach to the world’s larder, and Ravinder’s recipes do indeed have a rebellious soul. They are lawless concoctions that draw their influences from one tradition and then another – Cauliflower Popcorn with Black Vinegar Dipping Sauce; Spicy Aubergine Salad with Peanuts, Herbs and Jaggery Fox Nuts; Skate with Lime Pickle Brown Butter; Tempura Samphire and Nori; Lamb and Aubergine Fatteh; or utterly irresistible Banana Cake accompanied by Miso Butterscotch and Ovaltine Kulfi. These proudly inauthentic recipes are what you might loosely call ‘immigrant cuisine’, with evocative stories from a past that illustrates the powerful relationship between food, people, place and identity. The tastes and smells of this brazen new world are sophisticated, welcoming, fresh, exciting and bold. Review: For the skilled cook - This is an excellent book. The recipes are really inventive and completely delicious. I've used the book to recreate restaurant favourites and they taste just like the originals - notably the prawn toast scotch eggs with banana ketchup, the miso butterscotch cake with ovaltine kulfi, and the oyster pani puris. But don't buy the book if (1) you want some quick and easy. There are very few recipes in this book which are quick and easy; (2) you're not prepared to seek out ingredients you may not have. This was not a problem for me because I cook Indian and other ethnic foods regularly and have a very well-stocked kitchen, but other reviewers have complained about this; and (3) if you don't like multi-staged cooking. There's often a variety of steps/cooking methods/elements (such as chutneys etc). I have no problem with any of the above, because I know if you want to eat knock-your-socks off interesting food - it takes time, skill, and yes ingredients. Review: Just a wow cookbook.. outside the box inspiration/ingredients - This cookbook came out in a glut of other great cookbooks.. so I initially missed its release.. I did finally take the plunge and when it arrived was immediately smitten with it. the influences for this book are ALL OVER THE PLACE... parts of Afica, India, Japan, Vietnam, Middle Eastern/Medd cooking.. and its GREAT!! The dishes that I have made so far (overnight tapioca with passion fruit/coconut bananas, green tea rice with salmon, and basil panna cotta with pineapple carpaccio) turned out amazing! I am currently curing a pork belly so I can make the bacon and waffles in the book.. yes.. it has inpired me to make my own bacon!!.. did i mention the waffles have cumin and fenugreek in them?! If you like stepping out of the box with your cooking, and dont mind 'exotic' ingredients that you have to hunt for.. (cooking ottolenghi recipes gives you a idea what I am talking about).. then this book is for you! If you hate that stuff.. then its not. Speaking of Ottolenghi.. he has a quote on the back, so its Ottolenghi approved.. and Salman Rushdie has a quote on the front.. now how many cookbooks can say that!!! I LOVE this book! ## Features - Binding : hardcover - Pages : 304 - Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #156,897 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #152 in Cooking with Herbs, Spices & Condiments #644 in Cooking Education & Reference #1,546 in Regional & International Food | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 382 Reviews | ## Images ![Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91nFuzLwNyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the skilled cook *by K***F on 21 November 2023* This is an excellent book. The recipes are really inventive and completely delicious. I've used the book to recreate restaurant favourites and they taste just like the originals - notably the prawn toast scotch eggs with banana ketchup, the miso butterscotch cake with ovaltine kulfi, and the oyster pani puris. But don't buy the book if (1) you want some quick and easy. There are very few recipes in this book which are quick and easy; (2) you're not prepared to seek out ingredients you may not have. This was not a problem for me because I cook Indian and other ethnic foods regularly and have a very well-stocked kitchen, but other reviewers have complained about this; and (3) if you don't like multi-staged cooking. There's often a variety of steps/cooking methods/elements (such as chutneys etc). I have no problem with any of the above, because I know if you want to eat knock-your-socks off interesting food - it takes time, skill, and yes ingredients. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just a wow cookbook.. outside the box inspiration/ingredients *by T***N on 23 May 2021* This cookbook came out in a glut of other great cookbooks.. so I initially missed its release.. I did finally take the plunge and when it arrived was immediately smitten with it. the influences for this book are ALL OVER THE PLACE... parts of Afica, India, Japan, Vietnam, Middle Eastern/Medd cooking.. and its GREAT!! The dishes that I have made so far (overnight tapioca with passion fruit/coconut bananas, green tea rice with salmon, and basil panna cotta with pineapple carpaccio) turned out amazing! I am currently curing a pork belly so I can make the bacon and waffles in the book.. yes.. it has inpired me to make my own bacon!!.. did i mention the waffles have cumin and fenugreek in them?! If you like stepping out of the box with your cooking, and dont mind 'exotic' ingredients that you have to hunt for.. (cooking ottolenghi recipes gives you a idea what I am talking about).. then this book is for you! If you hate that stuff.. then its not. Speaking of Ottolenghi.. he has a quote on the back, so its Ottolenghi approved.. and Salman Rushdie has a quote on the front.. now how many cookbooks can say that!!! I LOVE this book! ### ⭐ Who will cook these recipes? *by C***E on 29 January 2021* The book's design is nice, but the recipes are way too complicated for the average home cook, hard to get ingredients mainly. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/253922922-jikoni-proudly-inauthentic-recipes-from-an-immigrant-kitchen](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/253922922-jikoni-proudly-inauthentic-recipes-from-an-immigrant-kitchen) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-05*