The Duchess of Sussex arrived with her mother Doria Ragland and husband Prince Harry this afternoon to show off her culinary skills at Kensington Palace.
Meghan's beaming mother made a surprise appearance at the outdoor reception in London to accompany the 37-year-old royal who was welcoming the women behind the new charity cookbook she has championed.
The duchess and her mother, who were joined by the Duke of Sussex, have not been seen in public together since the royal wedding in Windsor on May 19 and looked relaxed in each other's company.
Meghan was reunited with the Grenfell Tower community group who provided the dishes for Together, the fundraising publication aimed at supporting the local kitchen where the cooks meet in West London.
The idea for the book came from the duchess after she was told, during her first private trip to the Hubb Community Kitchen in North Kensington, the facilities were only open two days a week because of a lack of funds.
Meghan Markle and her mother Ms Ragland beamed as they got out of a car at Kensington Palace this afternoon
The Duchess of Sussex arrived with her mother Doria Ragland and husband Prince Harry this afternoon at Kensington Palace
Meghan and her mother have not been seen in public together since the wedding and looked relaxed in each other's company
Meghan was with her husband and mother in London this afternoon to show off her culinary skills at Kensington Palace
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The Duchess of Sussex launched a charity cookbook at Kensington Palace today, marking her first solo project as a fully-fledged member of the Royal Family.
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Dishes are handed out to those attending in the outdoor reception at the Palace, where Harry and Meghan were present
The tables are laid for Meghan's Kensington Palace reception for the new cookbook, for which she has written a foreward
The women of the Hubb Community Kitchen showcased their own personal recipes featured in the cookbook, many of which have been handed down through generations.
Guests enjoyed the home-made dishes including coconut chicken curry, aubergine masala and a range of chapatis and sharing dips, as well as caramelised plum upside-down cake, and spiced mint tea.
Guests enjoyed the home-made dishes including coconut chicken curry, aubergine masala and a range of chapatis
The duchess will join the women as they cook the dishes and assist with the preparations, before the group and the duke and duchess sit to enjoy the freshly made food with their guests.
Guests will include members of the local community, representatives from Ebury Press - publishers of the book - the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, where the cooks are based, and the Royal Foundation.
On Monday, as the duchess helped to release the new cookbook, it emerged that she made secret trips to a community mosque to cook with Grenfell Tower victims after the horrifying inferno that left 72 dead.
In her first solo project as a member of the royal family, Meghan wrote the foreword to the new book produced by cooks from the Hubb Community Kitchen, an initiative based near the site of the West London tower.
The duchess, who said she 'immediately felt connected' to the kitchen at the Al Manaar cultural centre, first visited in January and has made other secret trips to the centre to meet volunteers and learn more about their work.
One of the contributors to the book, Munira Mahmud, 34, told how Meghan donned an apron and mucked in with the cooking, including washing rice.
The duchess says in her introduction for Together: Our Community Cookbook: 'I immediately felt connected to this community kitchen; it is a place for women to laugh, grieve, cry and cook together.
Meghan cooks with women in the Hubb Community Kitchen at the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in West London
Their partnership has resulted in the publications of Together: Our Community Cookbook, which features personal recipes
The Duchess of Sussex cooks with women in the Hubb Community Kitchen in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
'Melding cultural identities under a shared roof, it creates a space to feel a sense of normalcy - in its simplest form, the universal need to connect, nurture, and commune through food, through crisis or joy - something we can all relate to.
Meghan and her mother in public for the first time since the royal wedding
Meghan and her beloved mother Doria Ragland were together in public for the first time since the royal wedding today.
The 62-year-old yoga instructor and social worker from California was the sole member Meghan's family at her wedding to Harry at Windsor Castle in May this year.
Meghan arrives with her mother Doria Ragland for her wedding to Prince Harry at Windsor Castle in Berkshire on May 19
She had tears in her eyes as her daughter was married to the sixth in line to the throne by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
In a sign of how she has been accepted by the Royal Family, Doria left St George's Chapel on the arm of Prince Charles, who gave Meghan away.
Doria's ex-husband Thomas, the Duchess of Sussex's father, had failed to walk her down the aisle after a heart attack and a paparazzi scandal that cast a shadow over the biggest day of his daughter's life.
Mr Markle, 73, married Ms Ragland in 1979 but they were divorced nine years later when Meghan was just six.
They had no other children, but Hollywood lighting director Thomas Markle has two more from his previous marriage.
Meghan is understood to cut off contact with her father, who lives in Mexico, who has given a number of incendiary interviews about his youngest daughter and Harry.
In contrast Ms Ragland has not spoken about Meghan's relationship and is understood to be a regular visitor to Kensington Palace.
'Through this charitable endeavour, the proceeds will allow the kitchen to thrive and keep the global spirit of community alive.'
It also emerged on Monday that two of the women who worked on the cookbook with Meghan saved the lives of seven people from different families.
MailOnline can reveal Hiwot Dagnachew was on the fifth floor and stopped her two great nieces from perishing in the blaze.
She phoned their mother, who was with them on the 19th floor to warn them about the fire - giving them enough time to get out of the building.
And Munira Mahmud, 34, also manged to escape the burning building, leading the rest of her family - including her husband, his father and their two children to safety.
An inquiry into the fire in June last year is still ongoing, and has prompted revelations that a 'miscommunication' between senior fire officers meant attempts to rescue residents on the highest floors stopped for an hour.
The inquiry, being held at Holborn Bars in London, has previously been brought to a halt as firefighters burst into tears when recalling the blaze.
Meanwhile a series of fraudsters have been jailed for trying to falsely claim they lived in the tower in the wake of the fire.
Work to finish covering the tower in white sheeting with green hearts was completed in June this year, and it still stands as a memorial to those who died.
However, a commission has been announced to enable the Grenfell community to decide the long-term future of the site.
The Hubb Community Project was created last summer by women seeking somewhere to cook fresh food for their families and friends following the blaze which engulfed the 24-storey social housing block.
Following the blaze - Britain's deadliest fire on domestic premises since the Second World War - the group of friends approached the Al-Manaar centre to ask if they could use the kitchen.
In the new book supported by Meghan, some of the recipes are family favourites and all have been created by the cooks who support not only residents affected by the Grenfell fire but others in the community.
(From left) Hiwot Dagnachew, Aysha Bora, Halima Al-huthaifi, Ahlam Saeid and Munira Mahmud cooking in the kitchen
Intlak Al Saiegh and Ahlam Saeid cook in the Hubb Community Kitchen at the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
Halima Al-huthaifi and Ahlam Saeid enjoy the food in the Hubb Community Kitchen in West London
Halima Al-huthaifi hugs a girl at the Hubb Community Kitchen in West London in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
Halima Al-huthaifi and Zahira Ghaswala (left) and Munira Mahmud (right) in the community kitchen in West London
In the introduction, the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen wrote: 'Our kitchen has always been a place of good food, love, support and friendship.
'We cook the recipes we've grown up with; there's no stress, and the recipes always work because they have been made so many times – it's proper comfort food… Swapping family recipes and moments of laughter gave us a sense of normality and home.
'We named ourselves the Hubb Community Kitchen to celebrate the thing that we all feel every time we meet – hubb means love in Arabic.'
Meghan helped put the group in touch with a publisher and her Royal Foundation provided assistance with legal and administrative issues.
One of the contributors to the book, Munira Mahmud, 34, said she and her friends had approached Al-Manaar to ask if they could use the kitchen there and the Hubb project arose out of it.
'Last summer, we were placed in a hotel and I had no kitchen to cook for my family,' Ms Mahmud wrote. 'It was very emotional for me to get in the kitchen. The moment I started cooking I was in tears.
'I didn't know why though. I was just excited to be back in the kitchen again.
'Word started to spread - the mums from my son's school came along and they told their friends, too. Soon there were women from different cultures all cooking, swapping recipes, talking and laughing together.'
The duchess is photographed on the front of the book helping out and Ms Mahmud said the royal had been happy to join in.
'She wore an apron,' she wrote. 'I can't believe I made her wash rice! After we said that we could only use the kitchen twice a week due to funding, she mentioned, 'How about sharing your recipes with other people? And that's how it happened.'
All proceeds will go back to the Hubb. Baroness Rebuck DBE, chair of Penguin Random House, said: 'We were instantly caught up by the extraordinary vision for this project with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen.
Food on the table in the Hubb Community Kitchen at the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in West London
Meghan has written the foreword to the new book produced by cooks from the Hubb Community Kitchen
The Grenfell disaster in North Kensington, West London, took place on June 14 last year and claimed the lives of 72 people
'Every woman who has contributed a recipe to this book has also contributed a fragment of their lives and memories. Each dish tells a story of culture, family and a sense of home.
All proceeds for 'Together: Our Community Cookbook' will go back to the Hubb and the book will be available this wee
'But most of all 'Together' is an homage to life and friendship and we hope it will act as a symbol to all communities and encourage cooking together for life and joy.'
The dishes described in the book are the women's own personal recipes from across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
The Royal Foundation is administering the transfer of funds from the sale of the book to the Hubb Community Kitchen and related projects.
Royal expert Charlie Jacoby told MailOnline: 'After the wedding that wowed the world, the Duchess of Sussex is extending the royal brand again.
'The royal family's two most prolific authors are Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who has written diet books and Prince Charles who backed a Duchy Originals recipe book. Meghan is combining cookery and charity.'
Last week it was revealed that more than 1,200 people traumatised by the Grenfell fire received mental health treatment in the year after the blaze, according to figures from Central and North West London NHS Trust.
Another 126 patients with long-term mental health problems had their conditions worsened by the blaze in North Kensington on June 14 last year, which claimed the lives of 72 people.
Last June, the Queen and her grandson Prince William were met with applause when they dropped in to an emergency shelter in West London days after the blaze to meet the devastated survivors.
The royal visitors met volunteers, local residents and community representatives while visiting the Westway Sports Centre in White City, which became a focal point for efforts to support those affected by the deadly inferno.
Meghan is part of The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and she made her first appearance with the organisation in April.
The foundation was launched in 2011 by Prince William and his younger brother Harry – and Meghan officially became its fourth patron after her wedding on May 19.
It had an income of £9million last year, and spent £9.7million - including £8.3million on charitable activities, of which £4.3million was made up of grant funding.
Together: Our Community Cookbook is published by Ebury Press and is be available for £9.99 in hardback here
Gurmit Kaur's Aubergine Masala
It was 1976 and our mother was teaching me and my teenage sisters to cook – passing on her recipes.
I was the best at making aubergine masala, so she allowed me to call it my signature dish – I've made it ever since.
Back home in Uganda, I run a restaurant where I serve this along with other local dishes.
When I'm in London helping my daughter Munira with my grandchildren, I make it for them and for the women at the Community Kitchen.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large frying pan on a high heat.
Add the aubergines and fry, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until well browned.
Tip the aubergines into a large bowl and set aside.
Reduce the heat to medium–high and add 1 tablespoon of the oil to the pan.
Add the potatoes and fry, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Add the fried potatoes to the aubergines and set aside.
Heat a large pan on a medium–high heat, add the cumin, mustard and fenugreek seeds and toast until fragrant, 2–3 minutes.
Then add the remaining oil and, when it is hot, add the onion and curry leaves and fry for 10 minutes until soft and golden.
Add the tomato purée and cook for 2 minutes, then add the garlic paste, ginger paste, turmeric and tomatoes.
Cook for about 5 minutes, until the tomato juice has evaporated and the mixture is starting to dry out in the pan.
Meanwhile, prepare the rice. Put the water and salt in a pan and bring to the boil.
Add the rice, reduce the heat slightly, cover and boil for 10 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat, keeping the lid firmly on, and set aside for 10 minutes.
Add the fried aubergines and potatoes to the curry pan, along with the water.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove the lid and simmer for 5–10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
Add half the chopped coriander and stir through.
Remove the lid from the rice and fluff up with a fork.
Serve alongside the curry, sprinkled with the remaining coriander.
Extracted from Together: Our Community Cookbook (Ebury Press, £9.99, hbk). Photography by Jenny Zarins
Aysha Bora's Kuku Paka - Coconut chicken curry
When I was growing up I hated cooking.
My family is from India and preparing big meals for the extended family was part of our culture, but I used to beg for any job other than cooking. T
hen I got married and moved to Africa and suddenly everything changed – I began calling my mother and asking her for recipes.
She told me: 'Cooking for someone you love is what makes you a good cook.'
This curry is a particular favourite of my family in Tanzania.
Score each piece of the chicken in two or three places, slicing about 1cm into the meat.
Put the tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, chillies, cumin, coriander, turmeric and some salt and pepper into a food processor and blend to a rough paste.
Rub one third of the paste all over the chicken, into the cuts and under the skin; reserve the rest of the mixture.
Refrigerate the chicken for at least 1 hour, or up to 5 hours.
Preheat the grill to the highest setting, and line a large baking tin with foil.
In a large pan, melt the coconut oil on a medium heat; add the remaining paste and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until all of the moisture evaporates. Increase the heat slightly and cook for 3–5 minutes until the paste is thick and dark.
Add the coconut milk and simmer for 25–30 minutes until the sauce is thick.
Meanwhile, put the marinated chicken, skin side up, in the lined baking tin and grill for 15 minutes, until well coloured and charred, then turn the chicken over and grill for another 5 minutes to make sure it is cooked through.
Stir the chicken and any juices into the curry pan, bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 5 minutes until the flavours have combined.
Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Add the boiled eggs and the lemon juice to taste. Sprinkle with the chopped coriander and serve with rice, chapatis or flatbreads.
Extracted from Together: Our Community Cookbook (Ebury Press, £9.99, hbk). Photography by Jenny Zarins
Faizia Hayani Bellili's Caramelised Plum Upside-Down Cake
As soon as I heard about the Kitchen, I volunteered to help, cooking recipes from my homeland, Algeria.
This cake is one my Mum used to make.
She always said plums are an unreliable fruit – they can be quite sour when raw.
This brings out the best in them.
Preheat the oven to 170C. Grease a 23cm round springform cake tin with the sunflower oil and place on a baking sheet.
For the caramel, put 225g of the granulated sugar into a small, wide, heavy pan on a low heat. Without stirring, let the sugar dissolve completely.
Once liquid, let it gently bubble for 15–20 minutes or until it is a deep golden colour.
Add 10g of the butter, half the vanilla extract and the salt, gently swirling the pan to combine the butter as it melts.
Once fully incorporated, immediately remove from the heat and pour the caramel into the prepared cake tin.
Place the plum halves on top, cut side down, nestled tightly together, and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the remaining butter together with the remaining granulated sugar and the brown sugar until pale and creamy: this will take 2–3 minutes using a handheld electric whisk; if you don't have one, use a wooden spoon.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
Once the eggs are well combined, add the remaining vanilla extract, the cornflour, ground almonds, flour and baking powder to the bowl and fold through with a metal spoon until just combined (taking care not to over-mix), then pour over the plums.
Smooth over the top, then bake for 40–45 minutes until cooked through: a thin skewer inserted into the centre of the cake should come out clean.
Transfer the cake to a wire rack and leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a serving plate.
To do this, put the serving plate on top of the tin and flip over before releasing the sides of the tin and removing the base. Let the cake cool for a further 5 minutes before slicing.
Extracted from Together: Our Community Cookbook (Ebury Press, £9.99, hbk). Photography by Jenny Zarins
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