EATING ESSENTIALS

Three must-haves from the menu

Bhel Puri, Sloppy Jai, Vada Pav

Personal favourite

One of our most famous dishes, Sloppy Jai is Kheema Pav served by simply assembling it like a Sloppy Joe sandwich, wrapped up with a clever name.

Favourite food memory

Playing hooky from school when I was a young boy and going down to MG Road to eat Bhel Puri.

Favourite cuisine

Parsi cuisine

Favourite ingredient

No such thing! But if I had to highlight one it would be fresh ginger—because I can’t live without it in my chai.

Most underrated ingredient

Believe it or not, chillies: Most people use chillies or chilly powder one dimensionally---to add heat. There are hundreds of varieties of chillies that have an incredible variety of flavour, range and subtleties in the type of heat, and they can add body, colour and even smokiness to a dish.

The most versatile vegetable

Most vegetables have incredible versatility. Onions stand out in particular in the myriad ways it can act as the main feature in a dish, or a component of a dish, a side dish (a pickle for example), or even the hidden foundation of a dish that features other vegetables.

One food trend that is here to stay

Regionalism: The understanding that large and diverse countries don’t have one cuisine but a variety of unique and diverse cuisines, which are as distinct as it gets.