Chef Ali Mandhry used to cook in luxury hotels, now he's a zero-waste chef. Here's how he makes a healthy chicken stew at home...
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00:00Just, you know, do that.
00:02Once you have that, you just want to lick it a little bit
00:04and know that it's nice.
00:07Fantastic!
00:07This is my mom's recipe.
00:15This is something that I grew up enjoying at home
00:18and it's sustainable.
00:19So let's do this.
00:21Traditionally, this curry is being made using the beef,
00:25but today we're going to make it a little more healthier.
00:29We're going to use chicken.
00:30We have some carrots, tomatoes, some sweet pepper,
00:34onions, some coriander or cilantro that's locally sourced,
00:38an array of spices, and then we have some eggplants.
00:43So eggplants are really delicious
00:45and at the end of the day, super nutritious.
00:59I do come from a culture that men are probably
01:02not supposed to be in the kitchen,
01:04but my parents saw this thing in me
01:07and they were like, they felt like I'm a little bit special
01:10and I would probably be the person
01:12that would break the barriers.
01:13When I was little, my mom says that my biggest,
01:15biggest playground would definitely be the kitchen.
01:18And I went ahead and followed my dream
01:21and followed my heart and I'm still following my dream.
01:24I'm still trying to be the best that I can be.
01:27So I followed my dream and followed my heart.
01:29So let's get cooking.
01:39What I'm going to do,
01:40you want to make sure that your pan is super hot.
01:44Go in with some olive oil
01:46because olive oil is basically the healthiest option.
01:49So the Swahili way, what we normally do,
01:51we like to saute the onions until nice and golden.
01:54Then you can hear that sizzle happening in there.
01:57The way I learned from my mom is that
01:59you don't want to use any tomato paste.
02:02You just want to use as much fresh ingredients as possible.
02:05To make my stew, I'm going to use a muiko.
02:08This is basically a locally sourced wooden muiko
02:12and the muiko is basically a spatula.
02:14So it's a spatula in Swahili.
02:16I've used this for the last 10 years
02:18and that makes it even more sustainable.
02:20Now, at this point, you can go in with your eggplants
02:26that you just cut into some chunks.
02:30Let's do it.
02:32Give it a good mix.
02:36Fantastic.
02:45I come from a background that do respect food
02:47and we really appreciate food.
02:49And we believe that food wastage is basically israf.
02:53It's an Arabic term that means wasting.
02:56So you don't want to waste any food.
02:57So right now, we already have a veggie kind of masala
03:03happening there.
03:04You just need to add some spice and make it fun.
03:07So we have a couple of spices here.
03:09Swahili cuisine is a combination of flavors.
03:13We're talking about a little bit of some Indian influence,
03:17a little bit of some Middle Eastern influence.
03:19We're going to go in with our chicken
03:21and this is basically probably 150 grams of the chicken.
03:26And this is boneless chicken, locally sourced.
03:32So once it's almost cooked, we're going to take an onion
03:35and we're going to use a little bit of an onion peel
03:39and then we'll smoke it.
03:40And thereafter, we're going to use the same onion
03:43that we used as the garnish over the stew.
03:47Again, zero waste.
03:49Oh Lord, that looks amazing.
03:51A little bit of some sauce on top.
03:54Goodness, that looks so good.
03:57Voila, karibu is what we say in Swahili means welcome.
04:01Let's do this.
04:06Oh my goodness.
04:09Whoa, this is amazing.
04:12Super simple to make, very delicious.
04:14And that onion garnish is amazing.
04:19I'm just going to have it on its own.
04:23Wow.
04:24Here's the thing.
04:24Remember, in your own kitchen,
04:26anything can be made sustainably.