The rains have kicked in, and while there’s much joy in that cup of hot chai or latte or chai latte with assorted vegetable and chickpea fritters or pakoras, there’s much more to look forward to, especially in the evenings. In motley pockets around the city, at around sunset, you’ll see scores of people, a lot of them men, converge around pop-up food carts and stalls that show up every year. Heaps of fresh fruit and dried dates, and a spread of hearty food and cool drinks to nourish and…
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What You Should Cook: New Orleans-style BBQ Shrimp
I had my first taste of New Orleans-style BBQ shrimp on my last night in the city, at a small restaurant on the famous (or infamous, depending on what you’ve heard) Bourbon Street. We entered the restaurant on an impulse, not having heard much of it earlier; I was still hungry after going through a pound of boiled crawfish at a seafood place even the locals of a seafood-deluged city swear by, since our waitress didn’t remind us about the kitchen closing. I wanted to sample more of this iconic…
Read MoreThe Top 10 International Seafood Dishes That You Should Cook
Now that you know the name origins of your fav varieties of seafood, it’s time to get your hands dirty and cook up these stunners of the culinary world—the international marine marvels that make the heart of every global gastronome beat harder. These should be on your list of foods-you–eat-to-make-life-worth-living (you have a list like this, right?). Because you may need to be lucky to find places around that serves fairly true-to-form versions, you should aim to take matters into your own hands and go out into the world your…
Read MoreSeafood Myth Busters
Top four seafood myths and their offshoots. In this blog post, we’ll take a close look at some of the false concepts floating around (pun intended) about seafood. We’ll see whether these notions are purely fictitious or if they have an element of truth in them. Myth 1 – DAIRY Much A Moo About Nothing In our culture, the most common myth that’s persisted for far too long is that seafood and dairy can’t be consumed together. There has been no scientific evidence or study that proves this theory…
Read MoreSeafood Memories – Part 2
My mom and aunt ran a beauty parlor when I was just a toddler. They definitely were not professionally qualified but I guess they figured they do make up so the rest was just an extension thereof. They did one smart thing though and hired Mary a qualified hair and makeup specialist. The parlor suffered a fairly quick and painless death but Mary became a family friend and there were trips to her home in Wadala very frequently. For a 6 year old boy turning more and more carnivorous everyday,…
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