Jay Behrouzi is in Liverpool, her adopted hometown, to crash a cooking class with Kazem Ashourzadeh, an Iranian chef who teaches asylum seekers native recipes to help them stay connected to home.

Melting Pot’s Big Manny explains the chemical reactions of our seasoning, using easy science to get the best flavours out of them.

Try out Jay’s version of Persian Makaroni here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/persian_makaroni_with_39717

Melting Pot is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

Written and produced by Jay Behrouzi
Resident scientist - Big Manny
Supervising producer - Richard McIlroy
Executive producers - Gill Farrington & Pete Wilson
Mixing and Sound Design - AJ Traspederme
Production Coordinator - Mica Nepomuceno
Commissioning Editor - Khaliq Meer