In this South Asian Heritage Month edition of Tea with Tooting Mama, I’m talking to Thana Sivasambu, the founder of Ruci Foods. You may remember Thana from a previous episode of Tea with Tooting Mama.

We discuss Thana's motivation for starting a food business, how she uses food to connect people to Sri Lankan culture and her heritage recipe. A recipe she loves and one she would want to pass on. 

Free to be me is the theme for this year’s South Asian Heritage Month. We talk about how working in Sri Lankan food has freed her to be herself. Thana’s response might surprise you! 

Grab your cup of tea and tune into this podcast.

This mini-edition of Tea with Tooting Mama is supported by Hera Project X Sri Lanka and Wandsworth Council.

* Rebuilding Sri Lanka with chutneys, pickles and sambols

* Ruci Foods

* Thana’s heritage recipe

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