From east to west: seven recipes from Sabrina Ghayour

Cumin-roasted aubergine, spiced lamb kebab, dark chocolate cake: recipes from Sabrina Ghayour’s new book Sirocco

Cookbooks can be a slow business. It’s been almost two years since Sabrina Ghayour’s first, Persiana, came out, and waiting for the publication of her second, Sirocco, has, according to her, been “the most drawn-out pregnancy – like being told that your gestation period is 18 months long”.

“Persiana is my first child; this perfect daughter that everybody seems to adore and Sirocco is my son. I’m nervous: are people going to like my little boy? It feels personal. It sounds crazy but I’m like, get it out of me already!”