Once Upon a Time Remember those sabzi mandis or bazaars our fathers and mothers used to take us to once a week, usually on Sundays? These were the original farmers’ markets—some of the farm-fresh produce was brought and sold by producers themselves, so even if you haggled and negotiated on a mutually acceptable price, the profit was pocketed directly by growers, and you came back happy with bags of bright greens, fragrant herbs, pantry staples and crisp veggies. Shopping for veggies, fruit and meat happened once or twice a week,…
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Fishvish – This is how we do it
The Fishvish Home The shared passion for non-vegetarian food, especially seafood, led to the creation of Fishvish by three guys – Shumu (center), KK (left) and yours truly, Bijal (right). The Founders Three We have spent the better part of 4 years now travelling all over India, identifying the various types of regional favourites, export houses in these regions that process these fishes and tying up cold chain logistic loose ends. It’s been a long road that is coming to fruition now with a largish seafood variety on offer already…
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This was my attempt at making Brent Owens‘, as it turns out, incredibly delicious Thai Red Prawns with Coconut Lemongrass Panna Cotta. Only difference was I played with quantities a little since I was only cooking for 2 whereas the original recipe is set for 4 serves. Thanks Brent & MasterChef Australia! I have been attempting recipes for the longest time but have only recently worked out a little prep process. Get all the ingredients out first, then measure them all out and have them ready to go as you…
Read MoreBroth-erly Love
The last couple of weeks have been all about the wet chill in the air, made better by shades of lush green around—gorgeous verdant foliage dripping with tiny beads of sparkling moist shine. As much as the palate craves hot oil-produced crunch and crispness (succumbing, we dedicated a whole day to frying fish, true comfort lies in a hot mug, or a steaming tureen, or a scalding bowl. Whatever your choice of serving container, soups and stews will warm and soothe the coldest heart and smoothen the roughest edges of…
Read MoreSeafood in the rain in Phuket
Pooja and I finally managed to take a short break and spent a week celebrating her cousin Anjali and Vipul’s 20th wedding anniversary in Phuket end of May. On their previous trip Vipul had unearthed this smallish eatery, located just off Sarasin Bridge. Very understated place but boy is it a great place to spend a lazy afternoon! Given that we had gone at the start of the monsoon, their outside tables were put away so we settled on a table with the best view of the sea inside one…
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