Food and Beverage Articles

The last tables of Karachi’s Parsis still tell stories of faith and family

KARACHI: The aroma of sizzling Patra Ni Machi — fish wrapped in banana leaf and slathered with green chutney — drifted through a quiet home in Karachi’s Parsi Colony earlier this month. Inside the kitchen, 63-year-old Gulnar Cowasjee moved with the...
Diaspora dreams of Parsi delicacies

Diaspora dreams of Parsi delicacies

From the Swiss Alps to Down Under, Parsi home chefs guarding a rich culinary tradition in distant lands speak to Sunday mid-dayIn bustling cities and quiet suburbs, far from their homeland,...

Parsi Delicacies in the USA

Parsi Delicacies in the USA

We received the following update from Roshni Kharoliwalla who runs ParsiDelicacies.com  I am reaching out to you regarding my effort of helping Zoroastrian women in India support their...

Aur, Irani chai

Aur, Irani chai

Zoroastrian, Shia Muslim (Yazdi and Shirazi) and Baha’i Iranian migrants, and of course the Palanpur-hailing Cheliyas, have been feeding this city for over a century with cheap eats and colourful...

What is Dhansak

What is Dhansak

And more importantly what it is not !! Our dear friend and award winning cookbook author and chronicler of Parsi foods and recipes Niloufer Mavalwala has written about the iconic Parsi Dish Dhansak....

Cillie’s  : Hidden gems of Karachi

Cillie’s : Hidden gems of Karachi

Situated inside a 100-year-old house on Parsi Colony, Karachi, Cillie’s looks nothing like a mainstream confectionery yet immediately gives a warm homely feeling. Though the business started in a...