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The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Telling Your Sri Lankan Mum You're Dieting...

28 minutes | Thursday, 26 February 2026

Cooking advice, dieting disasters and impressions that probably shouldn’t happen... Romesh is joined once again by mum Shanthi Ranganathan for another episode of unfiltered family chat.

They cover Shanthi’s go-to recipes, strong opinions on chicken, and what it’s actually like trying to diet with a Sri Lankan mum in the house. There’s listener questions, unexpected tangents (including one about poop), impressions of Josh Widdicombe, and Romesh attempting a Tamil impression that may or may not get him in trouble.

As always: advice is given confidently. Whether you should follow it is another matter.

A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen.


00:00 Intro
03:03 Josh Widdicombe Impressions
04:34 On poop
05:13 A question from you
06:10 Shanthi’s recipe
11:43 A question on chicken
14:36 Shanthi’s cooking advice
18:30 How to diet with a Sri Lankan Mum
20:24 Romesh’s Tamil Impression
23:59 Outro
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Telling Your Sri Lankan Mum You're Dieting...
The Romesh Ranganathan Show

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