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Sona Masoori White Rice
Digestion Health Recipes Rice

Sona Masoori White Rice

Recently, I went for shopping to my favorite store – Costco. I saw a 20 lb huge bag of Sona Masoori White Rice. and I have never used this, I usually use Basmati Rice which Costco sells as well. I bought it because I like experimenting! Here is the cooked rice with the inset of …

Jardaloo ma Gosht
Apricot (Jardaloo) Chicken Culture, Festivals, Traditions Fruit Main Dish - Meats Recipes Thanksgiving

Apricot Chicken

Chicken with Apricots / Jardalu ma Marghi * Jardalu ma marghi is one of those fruit-and-meat dishes that reach far back into ancient Parsi culinary history, long before the migration to India. The starring ingredient in this royal dish is a type of apricot that comes to us from central Asia. Its scientific name is …

Bay Leaves Culture, Festivals, Traditions Herbs Onion powder Recipes Rosemary Thanksgiving Thyme Turkey

Thanksgiving Turkey series – Day 1 Brine the bird

Today, the beginning of thanksgiving week, we are thankful for everyone & everything in our lives 💖🙏💝 It is starting to smell like Thanksgiving in our home. We have started the brining process for the turkey. Thanksgiving Turkey 🦃 series – Day 1 Brine the bird Wash the turkey well, rinse and add the brine …

Bay Leaves Butternut Squash Culture, Festivals, Traditions Herbs Onion powder Recipes Rosemary Thanksgiving Thyme Turkey Vegetable

Thanksgiving Turkey 🦃 series – Day 2 Flip the bird and stuff it

Thanksgiving Turkey 🦃 series – Day 2 Flip the bird and stuff it.

Wash and Chop 2 long sticks of Celery.
Saute in 1 tsp of oil for 3 minutes. Cool.
Take out the Turkey from refrigerator.
Flip the bird in the pot and open the cavity.
Fill the cavity with sauted celery.
Cover pot and put it in the refrigerator.

Tindora, a vegetable full of iron
Chicken Main Dish - Meats Recipes Tindora Video

Tindora, a vegetable full of iron

Video Link Tindora, a vegetable full of iron. Great for kids and mother’s. ✨ New Recipe ✨ A fun 🪔 vegetable tindora made with chicken and parsi spices 😋 First we show the air fryer method and next the traditional pan fry steam method. Vegetarians, do not add chicken and enjoy! Ingredients 1 lb chicken …

Bottle Gourd Doodhi or Dudhi Eggs Lauki Recipes Translations Vegetable Vegetarian Vividh Vani by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia White Pumpkin Yogurt, Dahi, Curds

Buryani, Doodhi ma gosht and Doodhi skin par eeda

Buryani, Doodhi ma gosht and Doodhi skin par eeda Buryani is generally made with Doodhi (Lauki, Gourd), Cucumbers (Kakdi ), Eggplant (Vengnu) OR Tooryiya. Buryani is an old dish made in parsi homes  back in India.  This buryani is generally eaten with biryani or rice pulav.  I made this from “Vividh Vani by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia”. However the …

Bottle Gourd Chicken Diabetes Doodhi or Dudhi Lauki Main Dish - Meats Recipes Vegetable Vegetarian Vividh Vani by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia

Doodhi, Lauki or gourd is known to lower A1C and blood sugar levels.

by Rita Jamshed Kapadia Known as Bottle Gourd in USA. Doodhi is a vegetable also known as Lauki, Lavki in India.  Buy one that has soft skin and if you dig your nail into it, it should leave a mark and feel soft. Doodhi is very good for diabetes. Drinking it as a juice has been …

Cookbooks Culture, Festivals, Traditions Delhi Parsee Recipes Review Translations Travel Guide for Restuarants and Caterers Worldwide UK Vividh Vani by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia

Independence Day and the Parsi connection

Believe it or not toad in the hole dish was relished for breakfast India when the British Raj was active.  Yes, Parsis liked to eat British fare, specially during the pre-independence days before 1947. Toad in the hole may sound strange to the average person and even more foreign to Gen Z, but in some British communities …

Biscuits Ceremony Jashan & Gahanbar Malido Papdi for Malido Recipes Snack Vividh Vani by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia

Papri and Daran for Malido

Papdi to eat with Malido from the famous Vividh Vani cookbook Recipe translated from Gujarati to English by Rita Jamshed Kapadia Click here for the Guide to Old Measures Ingredients 1 tipri Wheat Flour (See tipri measure) 1/4 lb Sugar (fine barik) Method Mix above with little water to make a very tight dough. Keep for 1 …

Biscuits Recipes Snack Surat

The Batasa Story – Jamshed & Cyrus Dotivala

Recipe of Batasa Is it true that the Dotivala family invented the famous Parsi Batasa ? How and when did this come about? Yes, our forefathers were the inventors of the famous tea time biscuit popularly known as Batasa. It was in the early 1800’s when our forefather Mr. Faramji Pestonji Dotivala joined the Dutch …

Malido is a speciality of ours. Made from pure ingredients with flour, eggs, nutmeg, cardamon and garnished with fried or roasted almonds and raisins. Cherries can be added if desired.
Culture, Festivals, Traditions Dessert Fruit Grains Rice, Dal and other Lentils Jashan & Gahanbar Parsi Recipes Semolina (Rava) Vegetarian Wheat

Muktad, Malido and Memories

Muktads foods Items like Malido, Daran, Papri for chasni are prepared. After the prayers are done the food is partaken of with clean hands.   Parsi Cuisine Rita Kapadia is a cook, baker and author. She acquired a reputation for being a good cook after entertaining dinner guests for more than 30 years, and her …

Cookbook: Celebrating Zoroastrian Festivals and Traditions (ParsiCuisine)
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Celebrate Navroze

Harkening back to our countries of origin, to celebrate the New Year and the coming of  Navroz, we are suggesting that we tell our friends and neighbors who we are by sharing a snippet of our culture, and reviving the tradition of giving them a gift of ‘mithu mohnu’ – any sweet dish. We suggest we …

Dessert Mava or Mawa Milk Mithai News Recipes Ricotta

Mava ni Boi – the easy way

Mava ni boi, I made for a library presentation of my cookbook. Mava ni boi is a fish-shaped dessert made from ricotta cheese, sugar, cardamom and vanilla. Fish is a symbol of good luck, prosperity and fertility. Using a mold* make these fish shaped desserts. The ingredients are not really fish but just sugar, ricotta …

Dessert Doodhi or Dudhi Ghee Lauki Mava or Mawa Milk Recipes

Doodhi ni Barfi

Doodhi ni Barfi Ingredients: 800 gm Doodhi 400 gm sugar 200 gm mawa Pinch of cardamom 0ne drop of edible green color 5 tsp chopped pistachios and almonds Method:  Boil the doodhi for 1 minute Put the doodhi in a non-stick pot and then put 400 gm sugar. Keep cooking for 15-20 minutes. Then put the mava …