Saliha Mahmood Ahmed: Masterchef winner, Author of Khazana and Junior Doctor

Desert Island Dishes

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Saliha Mahmood Ahmed

Saliha was the winner of Masterchef last year in 2017 and she won whilst also working full time as a Junior Doctor – often turning up to film the show straight off the back of a night shift. In addition she also has a young son – so the whole thing was really rather impressive.

Known for her big and bold flavours – Saliha wowed the judges with food steeped in her family’s heritage. She’s written her first cookbook – Khazana – meaning treasure trove and it certainly is that.

In an interview with the Times she was quoted as having said:

“The other day when I was tired I gave my husband a jacket potato and I had one too, and I felt really miserable afterwards. I thought, ‘this surely can't be life!"

I’ve learnt something from each and every episode of desert island dishes – and for none is that more true than today’s episode where I discovered so much I really had little to no idea about before and that made it really fun! Please ignore my extreme English accent and I’m sure I pronounce things in an extreme anglicised way so I hope you forgive me and enjoy today’s episode!

Saliha's book is out now and you can get it here:

https://amzn.to/2ytYIod

Come and find me on Instagram @margienomura where you can probably find me cooking something for a fridge forage or a quick one pot wonder.

I’m working hard on my website at the moment and I’m excited to show you but in the meantime there are lots of easy, delicious recipe ideas on there including the recipe that was inspired by todays episode. The website is www.desertislanddishes.co .

Thank you for listening! x

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Margie and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
0:05.0	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.
0:12.0	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat
0:22.1	before being cast off to the Desert Island.
0:25.0	If you're listening and have been enjoying Desert Island dishes,
0:28.7	can I ask a small favor?
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0:36.2	It really helps to spread the word about the podcast,
0:38.9	and I really appreciate each and everyone. I've learned something from each episode of Desert Island
0:45.6	dishes, and for none is that more true than today's episode, where I discovered so much I really
0:51.6	had little to no idea about before. And that made it really fun.
0:56.4	Please ignore my extreme English accent and I'm sure I pronounce things in the most anglicised way.
1:03.6	So I hope you forgive me and enjoy today's episode.
1:14.5	My guest today is Saliar Mahmoud Ahmed.
1:20.7	Sally Ha was the winner of Master Chef last year in 2017 and she won whilst also working full-time as a junior doctor, often turning up to film the show straight off the back of a night shift.
1:26.3	In addition, she has a young son,
1:28.1	so the whole thing was really rather impressive. Known for her big and bold flavors,
1:33.6	Sally how wowed the judges with food steeped in her family's heritage. She's written her first
1:38.7	cookbook, Kazana, meaning treasure trove, and it certainly is that. In an interview with the Times, she was quoted as having said,
1:46.9	the other day when I was tired, I gave my husband a jacket potato, and I had one too, and I felt really
1:53.1	miserable afterwards. I thought, surely this can't be life. Welcome, Sally Ha. Thank you very much.
2:04.2	That was quite an introduction. So can we just talk about the fact that you not only took part in Master Chef whilst also holding down a full-time job
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