Madhur Jaffrey's no fuss introduction to Indian cooking

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Your mouth will water just listening to Madhur Jaffrey talk about the mangoes and peaches of her childhood. Her eyes glisten as she flips through one of her cookbooks featuring photos of India's famous Alphonso mangoes.

"They're sitting in like a nest waiting to hatch, waiting to be eaten," the Indian cookbook author and actress told NPR's Michel Martin in an interview for Morning Edition at Jaffrey's home.

Her family's orchard in Delhi was a sanctuary of luscious fruit. And today, she's surrounded by a bountiful supply of fruit and vegetables that she grows at her Hillsdale, New York, home.

At 89, she remains an avid gardener and she still loves to cook. But she didn't learn how to cook until she was homesick.