Iradi Food Home

This winter the electricity comes for four hours and goes for four. You never know. I make a plan every morning with a piece of paper on the fridge. At 7:00 the light is on, I boil the water and cook rice. At 11:00 it goes. I have a primus, a wood stove in the yard, and the tandyr that my husband's brother built behind the house.

Tips from my kitchen:

• Cook the big things when the light is on, the small things on the primus.
• Keep the broth always ready in a thermos, with a lid and a towel.
• Dough rises slowly in a cold house, so start in the evening and let it sleep.
• Tandyr is warm and heats the yard. We put non on its walls and the whole street smells.
• Candle on a plate, not on the table. I learnt it the hard way.

The refrigerator is a window sill. It is minus 8 outside, which is the best freezer.