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Sri Owen, food writer who introduced Indonesian cuisine to Britain in the 1970s

Sri Owen, who has died aged 90, was an authority on Indonesian food, and was widely credited with introducing the country’s cuisine to the English-speaking world.

Like the Italian-born food writer Anna del Conte, Sri Owen honed her talent while attempting to recreate the flavours of her birth country ​within the confines of an English kitchen. Unable to source many of the ingredients available in Indonesia, she became expert at making canny substitutions (macadamia nuts instead of candlenuts, for example).