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More Than Samoosas by Nazeeha Abrahams is a lovely cookbook with full color photographs of each dish beside the recipes. All the tempting dishes are easy to make and are favorite Cape Malay cuisine in South Africa, but these recipes have an Indian twist. Abrahams learned how to cook as a desparate measure, after she was married and realized that her own mother, who was an excellent cook and never wanted any help, had not taught her how. Abrahams spent several hours daily with her mom learning how to make the succulent and fragrant dishes her mom was so skilled at preparing, unlike any other Malay dishes. Her mom had learned the normal way of preparing these traditional Malay dishes from her mom, but after moving to Durban she experienced the wonderful Indian spices and how they blended to make each dish more delicious. The three generations of excellent cooks share their secrets in this great book, using international measurements.