Jasvinder Karam

Jasvinder Karam

Cookbook author

Jasvinder Karam, fondly known as Jessie, is a Malaysian lawyer-turned-cookbook author best known for her debut culinary book, Champur: Flavours from a Malaysian Home. Born in Petaling Jaya and raised in Kuala Lumpur, the 61-year-old author uses her food to celebrate Malaysia’s multicultural heritage.

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Author profile: Jasvinder Karam, author of Champur

Author profile: Jasvinder Karam, author of Champur

Jasvinder Karam, formerly a corporate lawyer in Kuala Lumpur, was asked by her grown-up son if she could share the recipes for the family dishes that she had been making and refining for decades. She decided that rather than just quickly transcribing the recipes, which brought together Chinese, Malay and Indian flavors (the hallmarks of Malaysian cuisine), if she was going to embark on this project, she would produce a fully-fledged cookbook of the meals that graced the family’s dining table from claypot chicken rice and masala fish patties to Canton prawn noodles and lamb dalcha. Read more in ckbk co-founder Nadia Arumugam’s profile of the author.