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Menu du jour parsi food : 19 Recipes


  • Recipe Alice in Parsi-land .... Navroze Dinner, Parsi Gymkhana
    Alice in Parsi-land .... Navroze Dinner, Parsi Gymkhana
    The family finally met up up at the Parsi Gymkhana for dinner on Navroze on 21st evening . Parents in law, mama, masi , K and me. Reached the Gymkhana on Marine drive after a never ending drive from home, picking up the in laws on the[...]
  • Recipe Little Dadu. A story from Nowroz Bag, Mumbai's Oldest Parsi Colony
    Little Dadu. A story from Nowroz Bag, Mumbai's Oldest Parsi Colony
    Parsi 'Colonies', which dot the older parts of the city, are intrinsic to Mumbai.  Unlike the 'stupid fellow' (my mom in law's words), from North India on Kaun Banega Crorepati who didn't know that dhansak is a Parsi dish,[...]
  • Recipe Romancing Vintage Bombay on Parsi New Year.... Cafe Samovar, Jehangir Art Gallery
    Romancing Vintage Bombay on Parsi New Year.... Cafe Samovar, Jehangir Art Gallery
      19th August was the Parsi New Year. We decided to celebrate it the way Parsis would approve of. By eating with joy and gusto. We chose a place which was not a Parsi restaurant. But situated in a building built by Parsis. As are many[...]
  • Recipe And they ate happily ever after ... A Bengali's take on the Parsi Laganu Bhonu (wedding feast)
    And they ate happily ever after ... A Bengali's take on the Parsi Laganu Bhonu (wedding feast)
    Warning: Long seven course post ahead. My spell check gave in so please write if you spot any typos. Parsi wedding feasts are very famous in Mumbai. The Parsi wedding dishes are classic and most weddings stick to the same menu. The[...]
  • Recipe Adding gloss to Finely Chopped: Food and Nightlife Magazine
    Adding gloss to Finely Chopped: Food and Nightlife Magazine
    No, I am not trying to increase the eyeballs on the blog. Finally got hold of the Mumbai launch edition of the Food and Nightlife Magazine at a stall in front of Pot Pourri at Turner Road. Sorry, Lemon Grass. I am a child of the[...]
  • Recipe Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak to all Parsis, Iranis and other fellow food devotees
    Jamshedi Navroze Mubarak to all Parsis, Iranis and other fellow food devotees
    Today is Navroze. The festival marks the beginning of Spring. Originated in Central Asia. In India it is celebrated by the Parsis and Iranis who follow the Zoroastrian faith. I am a Bengali fortunate enough to be married to a Parsi. I wholeheartedly[...]
  • Recipe Do re mee... Veera's 'Chicken Dhansak' from Scratch recipe
    Do re mee... Veera's 'Chicken Dhansak' from Scratch recipe (2 votes)
    Ideal Corner's Dhansak   I often get queries on Parsi food recipes. People assume that K would be cooking a storm in the kitchen doling out dhansak, sali boti, patrani machhi and so on. Well what comes out of our kitchen is[...]
  • Recipe A decade of togetherness
    A decade of togetherness
    First things first. it is not our anniversary today. I though I will clarify this as this label created confusion this morning on Facebook. The 'Decade of togetherness' thought was sparked off by newspaper articles today on the decade of this and[...]
  • Recipe Mamma's daal: Dhansak Recipe
    Mamma's daal: Dhansak Recipe
    Dhansak is arguably the most famous Parsi dish. Yet you will never get it in a Parsi Wedding or navjote or other happy feasts. For it is a funeral dish. So your[...]
  • Recipe Happy bites ... Ideal Corner, Fort
    Happy bites ... Ideal Corner, Fort
    My last post was about an uber cool five star coffee shop in the suburbs of Goregaon. This one is about a small Parsi restaurant at Fort at South Mumbai. I am back in Mumbai's original commercial district for a few months before I return to[...]