Some FUN reading: 😍😍 BusyBee (our very own Behram Contractor) on Parsis A few Words about Parsis, most lovable & peace-loving people: The first Parsis I knew were statues. There were scores of them, all over Bombay (now Mumbai), most of them wearing glasses: Dadabhoy Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Jamshedji Tata, Cowasjee Jehangir, Bomanji Petit, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Marzban Hathiram Today’s afternoon Stum – Goan potato curry with basmati rice and kachumber – a lightly tossed onion, cucumber and carrot salad with coriander leaves; some pomegranate seeds, cow’s milk, a rose and freshly drawn well water… Bon apetit! There is deep spiritual significance behind each of these offerings as they represent the […]
Muktads foods Items like Malido, Daran, Papri for chasni are prepared. After the prayers are done the food is partaken of with clean hands. Rita Purchase Link. Copy and Paste in browser – https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rita-Jamshed-Kapadia/author/B00I2V9KKA
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#parsicuisine Traditional ‘Sil Batta’ (Flat Grind Stone) is an age-old home appliance used to prepare spice mixes for Indian Cuisine by crushing garlic, onion, chillies or any other ingredients between the flat stone (Sil) and the grinding stone (Batta). A sil batta is usually made out of stone or granite. Can still be found in […]
Mava or Mawa is an indian milk product. Used for making mithai, mawa cakes, cupcakes and more. ( KNOWN AS kHOYA )- step by step instruction on making Mawa at home.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Parsi Mawa Cake. Recipe for whole mawa cake or as cupcakes.
Ingredients 4 cups of cooked rice. 3 tbsps of butter. 1 diced onion. 12 oz of frozen peas and carrots. ½ cup of soy sauce. 3 beaten eggs. How to make Fried Rice: In a large nonstick skillet, melt the butter and sauté the onion until tender. Mix in the peas and carrots and heat […]
Shopping for parsi wedding items, Ses etc. Tailors for Daglis. Wedding Sari. Click HERE for the list : http://zagba.org/parsi-shopping-list/ Rita Purchase Link. Copy and Paste in browser – https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rita-Jamshed-Kapadia/author/B00I2V9KKA
MICROWAVE PENDA Pendas are bite sized Indian sweets made with milk solids and sugar sometimes flavoured with saffron and cardamom. Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups whole milk powder ½ cup sugar ½ cup full cream milk 1 tbsp butter A few strands of saffron Mixed nuts fordecoration Method: · Add all the ingredients to a microwave safe […]