Tea and Molo Lamb
Tales From the Bush Larder - S1 - E9
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.
Tales From the Bush Larder: Season 1 - 12 Episode s
1x1 - Mud Crabs
May 12, 2014
Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.
1x2 - African Wild Honey And Game Meat
May 19, 2014
In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.
1x3 - Crayfish
May 26, 2014
Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.
1x4 - Rice And Fowl
June 2, 2014
Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.
1x5 - Lake Victoria Whitebait
June 9, 2014
Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.
1x6 - Prawns
June 16, 2014
Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.
1x7 - Mt. Kenya Trout
June 23, 2014
This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.
1x8 - Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams
June 30, 2014
Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.
1x9 - Tea and Molo Lamb
July 7, 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.
1x10 - Octopus
July 14, 2014
A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.
1x11 - Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump
July 21, 2014
Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.
1x12 - Sailfish
July 28, 2014
Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.