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The Charm of Good Food

PAACHI KHAVANI VAAT  Breakfast of toast n butter, Cheese n bacon will always do, Along with sunny-side-up eedoo; Yet nothing to beat aapro sev n’ ravo Sprinkled generously with mevo Or eedapak, badampak or vasanoo   Curry n rice is all very nice With pomfret, meat, or prawns galore, I’ll take any type, I love all type, Be it of

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Patra ni Machhi

Steamed fish in banana leaves A typical Parsi delight, fish in banana leaves is cooked and rejoiced in many Indian households.  Fish is a rich protein source and has a balanced amount of essential amino acids, fatty acids, phospholipids and fatty acids optimum for development and growth. An excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids, this recipe is served along

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Recipes for Karkaria

Take your pick from that the 3 located on Google: 1.  http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/karkaria.aspx 2.  http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/karkaria_banana_fritters_parsi_style 3. http://www.parsicuisine.com/index.php/order-fresh-home-made-bhakhra/parseecuisine/foodguide/23/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1374:karkaria-fadia&catid=1:recipe&Itemid=626 Courtesy : Dara Acidwalla  

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Brittania Cafe

For Nowruz, the Parsi New Year, which this year fell on August 19, a particularly long queue spilled out of Britannia Café’s doors and onto the wide boulevard of Mumbai’s elegant Ballard Estate. A cheery red and white sign offered clues to explain the patience and persistence of the hungry Sunday lunch: “There is no greater love than the love

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Dhansak takes off at Heathrow

Dhansak takes off at Heathrow  He’s the Bombay boy who’s cooked his way into British hearts with his innovative twists to authentic Indian cuisine. Cyrus Todiwala, who graduated from Mumbai’s BK Somani Polytechnic and trained as a chef with the Taj group, has for over a decade so excited the palates of even the curry savvy British that they felt

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Adi Modi

A soft-spoken, genial man, Modi’s aim was to lift curry from the all-too-familiar British “Vindaloo” and “Madras” to the ranks of haute cuisine, and succeeded in attracting a clientele that included Indians and Hollywood celebrities as well as British diners. oday, Britain has a multi-billion-pound Indian food industry with many exclusive restaurants, but Modi’s Bombay Brasserie is recognised as being

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Parsi Cuisine in Bangalore

MUNCHING PARSI CUISINE IN BANGALORE Daddy’s Delhi, in Indiranagar, is a fine example of how traditional cuisines can be kept alive by approaching it with a sense of humility… It’s like dining in a long lost relative’s home. The curtains bear a certain touch of the old world, the furniture simple with a sideboard delicately holding a few dinner plates

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