I paired them with a spicy peanut butter caramel. Combining peanut butter and pumpkin (leaves) is very popular North of the border in my homeland Zimbabwe, so it made sense. We also like to make peanut butter stews mixed with other proteins like chicken or other vegetables like kale, often adding fresh chilies making for a rich balance of sweet and savoury.

Grew up eating the occasional fatcooks or voetkoeks - another version of the same mixed with maizemeal. Whether it's mandazi or hushpuppies, who doesn’t like fried dough?