An octogenarian cookbook author's final cookbook focuses on the humble moringa

Mohana has come up with over 60 versatile recipes that incorporate moringa in everyday meals that traverse everything from salads to pizzas, curries and soups. — ART CHEN/The Star

On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, 87-year-old Mohana Gill walks us through her fecund, capacious garden where blooms, shrubs, plants and trees are scattered throughout. Chief among her prized collection of greens is her numerous moringa trees. Yes, there are many of them – some smaller ones dotted near the boundary wall, an older tree waving capriciously in the breeze and a smattering of mid-sized ones hidden in her back garden.

In a couple of pots, a few moringa plants are sprouting upwards, their lives just beginning to take shape.