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Bitter Gourd: Our Legacy

A love of bitter gourd runs through Jeya鈥檚 Sri Lankan family. Through family recipes, Jeya explores how food preserves cultural heritage and sparks conversations about faith and identity.

A love of bitter gourd runs through Jeya鈥檚 Sri-Lankan family. A green-skinned vegetable known for its intense bitter flavour, the bitter gourd been used in recipes across generations, and has even made it to the local supermarkets in Bridgend, Wales.

Jeya uncovers the journey of this vegetable into Welsh culture, exploring what it means to pass down cultural heritage through family recipes, and how sharing them with new generations sparks conversations about faith and identity.

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14 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Jeya Palanivel
Director Jeya Palanivel
Producer Anna Arrieta
Producer Anna Shepherd
Executive Producer Christina Macaulay

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