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In Bradford, Yorkshire grandmother Marina Chapman tells Hardeep Singh Kohli her dramatic tale of survival in the wild against all odds.

Marina Chapman is a grandmother from Yorkshire with a truly exceptional story to tell - a "jungle book" style tale of survival in the wild against all odds. Born in 1950's Colombia, Marina's story starts when she was dramatically abducted around the age of five and abandoned deep within a region of dense tropical forest. The story of what happened next is quite literally beyond belief but it's a story that Hardeep Singh Kohli travels to Bradford to hear over a Sunday lunch of Colombian style food and flavours.

Producer: Catherine Earlam.

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30 minutes

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Sun 15 Dec 2013 13:30

Hardeep鈥檚 curried chick peas with fried plantain and tamarind

These are ingredients which are part of Marina鈥檚 incredible story and which Hardeep incorporated into the dish as a memory aid.

Tin of chick peas

Fresh tomatoes

Green chilies

Spring onions

Garlic

Root ginger

Tomato puree

Coriander leaf

Ground tumeric

Ground coriander

Ground cummin

Salt

Pepper

Tamarind paste

Natural yoghurt

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  • Sun 15 Dec 2013 13:30

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