Fried Seafood, The Call Of The Season

Its official, the rains are finally here and so starts the official frying season in our country. From the classic garma-garam pakodas and chai combination to the piping hot samosas, we all crave fthat something fried in this weather. While we instinctively reach out for our tried and tested monsoon nibbles, it may be fun to give these 8 interesting fried seafood recipes a shot, you never know, you may discover a new favourite. In this seafood journey, you would also realise how a simple fish fry differs from region…

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Seafood 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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