← Tales From the Bush Larder

Season 1

12 episodes · 2014

  1. 1Mud Crabs

    12 May 2014

    Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.

  2. 2African Wild Honey And Game Meat

    19 May 2014

    In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.

  3. 3Crayfish

    26 May 2014

    Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.

  4. 4Rice And Fowl

    02 Jun 2014

    Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.

  5. 5Lake Victoria Whitebait

    09 Jun 2014

    Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.

  6. 6Prawns

    16 Jun 2014

    Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.

  7. 7Mt. Kenya Trout

    23 Jun 2014

    This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.

  8. 8Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

    30 Jun 2014

    Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.

  9. 9Tea and Molo Lamb

    07 Jul 2014

    Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.

  10. 10Octopus

    14 Jul 2014

    A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.

  11. 11Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

    21 Jul 2014

    Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.

  12. 12Sailfishfinale

    28 Jul 2014

    Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.