Cucumber Pickle made fresh from Summer Cucumbers
Made fresh from Summer Cucumbers, which are a plenty here in USA 🙂 With 5 large ones and the heat of the summer, I knew …
Seekh Kebab
Ingredients 1 lb Turkey or Chicken minced 2 Eggs 1 tbsp. Cumin (Jeera) powder 1 tsp Red chili powder 1 tsp White pepper powder Salt …
Yogurt Shrikand in Red White and Blue
Yogurt is hung to make it thick. Garnish with fresh blueberries, sliced almonds and serve shrikand immediately. Makes: 2 Servings of Shrikand. Ingredients 2 Cups …
Falooda Ice-cream Mawa Cake
Layered Falooda Ice Cream Cake (cardamom flavored cake layered with falooda ice cream) by Kshama Parikh is an artist and a blooger. Kshama’s blog is KesarLilly.com …
The Secret History of Shiraz Wine
By Anahita Shams Is there a Zoroastrian connection? Music, poetry and wine-drinking at the court of 17th Century Persian ruler Shah Abbas Until the Islamic …
Parsi Dairy Farm: Mumbai’s Gold Standard in Milk & Milk-Based Products
I was at a modern food superstore in Bandra, Mumbai’s swish suburb, the other day. I walked past rows of imported gourmet cheeses, pastas and …
Anthony Bourdain Doesn’t Like Any Indian Restaurant in Manhattan
Globe-trotting TV chef Anthony Bourdain talked to Vogue India after the launch of his new website Explore Parts Unknown, and he had some shade to …
FEZANA Journal Joys of Retiring in North America.
by Rita Jamshed Kapadia FEZANA Journal, Winter Issue 2016 So many pleasures await you – there is a certain joy to retiring in …
Head over to TAJ Lands End for fine dining
DINING From hearty Italian, to aromatic Indian to the piquant spices of fine Chinese, fine-dining restaurants at Taj Lands End, Mumbai, will make you travel …
Restaurant: SodaBottleOpenerWala
Twenty-six-year-old chef-manager Anahita Dhondy is working to popularize Parsi cuisine through a rapidly expanding chain of restaurants – SodaBottleOpenerWala. In “Soda’s ‘chilled out’ boss,” August …
Atlanta’s new Indian restaurant: Botiwalla
Photo courtesy Michael Files Fathers, mothers and grandmothers still figure in the new wave of Indian restaurants showing up around metro Atlanta. But family tradition …
Irani Café 2.0: These young chefs are here to make Parsi food cool again
by Meenakshi Iyer, Hindustan Times, Mumbai Since its opening in Gurgaon two years ago, SodaBottleOpenerWala (SBOW) has enjoyed good reviews from patrons and critics alike. …
How to make Crispy Onion Rings
Ingredients 3 Onions cut into rings 1 cup besan (channa/chickpea) flour 1 cup breadcrumbs (any old bread pulverized or store bought) 1 tsp salt for …
Road trip from Mumbai: Driving down to Udvada and Navsari
For most of us, the upcoming Gudi Padwa weekend will be the last of the long weekends (unless of course you are one of those …
Udvada Where The Fires Are Always Burning
Udvada Where The Fires Are Always Burning The holy town of Udvada is where the sacred fire of the Iranshah Atashbehram is burning since Zoroastrians …