Parsi Diary Farm employees picketed the company’s head office at Marine Lines in Mumbai on July 10, protesting the late payment of salaries and the non-payment of bonuses for the past two years. One picket complained: “Our salaries are two or three weeks late.” Workers said that protests would be held daily until the issues… Continue reading Indian dairy workers protest salary delays
Category: Food and Beverage
Parsi Chef Heads Whole Foods Meals
Grocery shopping can get pretty humdrum and meal planning a drag. So when I heard that Whole Foods Markets are putting some interesting ethnic items on their prepared foods menus, I wanted to meet Rashne Desai, the woman behind the meals. We got together at the Plantation store, where I learned Desai grew up in… Continue reading Parsi Chef Heads Whole Foods Meals
Boman Mahino: No Non Veg
The Parsi community is known to be extremely food-loving. Unlike a majority of religions in India, the Parsis do not have the concept of fasting. They are known, on every possible occasion, to enjoy a hot meal of Dhansak, Sali Gosh, chicken farcha and the list goes on… But few people outside the community know… Continue reading Boman Mahino: No Non Veg
Bhicoo J Manekshaw : Food Writer
Parsi Platter Bhicoo J Manekshaw has been the lone crusader of Parsi cuisine in the country. And at 83, she is still trying to popularise it through her books. She was the first Cordon Bleu chef from India, passing out of the famed Paris-based culinary school in the 1960s. A cookbook writer, she set up… Continue reading Bhicoo J Manekshaw : Food Writer
Lagan Nu Achar
Pickles preserve the historical flavours of communities like the Persian origin of Parsis in the dried fruits of their celebratory lagannu achar, or the Portuguese vinegar in which Goans preserve their prawns and fish, or the bamboo shoot pickle that Coorgs spice only with the pepper that grows wild in their hills, from a time… Continue reading Lagan Nu Achar
Green Cuisine
No Parsi wedding or celebration is complete without the famous Patro na Machchi (fish in a leaf). And a famous style of Bengal cuisine called “bhapa” (meaning steam) is steaming spiced vegetables or fish in banana leaves. Continue reading here
Secrets from the bunny’s basket
Mumbai Mirror – India … communities as clients. For instance, a long standing order comes from a Parsi lady whose daughters are allergic to food colour. So every …
Jimmy Boy: A restaurant review
Dhoomketu @ 22nd Floor writes a great review on Jimmy Boy the famous Parsi restaurant in Bombay. More on Jimmy Boy here. Jimmy Boy is located at 11 Bank Street, Fort Bombay 400 001 Tel: (022) 2270 0880 .Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy… ….A restaurant like this one Won’t somebody help me chase the hunger pangs away!!… Continue reading Jimmy Boy: A restaurant review
Jamshedi Navroze….a festival to welcome Spring
Jamshedi Navroze is one of the three main festive days in the Parsi Calendar. The others being Parsi New year in August and Khordad Saal, the birthday of Zarathustra. Navroze falls on March 21st, which is also Spring Equinox. It is celebrated the world over in various manifestations. It heralds the coming of Spring. In… Continue reading Jamshedi Navroze….a festival to welcome Spring
