'Curry & Bread': a taste of South African Indian culture

BLENDING memoir, humour and vignette into a richly-textured collage, Curry & Bread is Pravasan Pillay's offbeat and deeply personal exploration of food and foodways among working-class South African Indians as well as a reflection on his own culinary memories.

- ANIVESH SINGH

Now living in Sweden, Pillay also shares glimpses of how his palate and cooking practices have adjusted in a new land, from experimental dhals to philosophical musings on frozen curry leaves.

"The title references a regular meal curry and white bread - that I ate while growing up in Durban, and into adulthood," Pillay explains.