A taste of home.
Mlilo's Kitchen is named after my mum, whose family name is Mlilo. In our Ndebele tradition, Mlilo is the totem that means fire. Every dish we cook carries a spark, the kind of meal that stays with you long after the last mouthful. The recipes have travelled with us from Zimbabwe to London, and we share them at our table with everyone who sits at it.
Every pot is started the way it should be: onions softened low and slow, spices bloomed in hot oil, meat left to simmer until it falls off the bone. Our isitshwala (pap) is stirred by hand, our chakalaka is made fresh, and our peri-peri chicken is roasted until the skin blisters and the juices run clear.
Nothing is rushed. That's the only secret. Every plate leaves our kitchen the way it would leave yours, for people you'd feed well.
From Zimbabwe to London, the recipes have travelled with us.
