Some of the many closely related and similar in-appearance, ornamental plants in the family are hollyhocks (alcea), mallows (malva and kosteletzkya species), such as seashore mallow and common mallow, Turk's cap, okra and the cotton plant.

“I like to add a twist to the dishes I cook,” she said. “That is why I add a can of chickpeas to my stir fry and pureed pear to the Malva pudding.” With a hectic working schedule, Zenande tries to follow a healthy diet. Keeping in shape is very ...

The dessert was a trio of South African specialities (R48), but all were very poorly rendered: an anaemic melktert, a pale malva with no chewy richness and an oddly bouffant (meringue-like) hertzoggie that lacked any of the jammy stickiness these tartlets ...