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Akuri Recipe: Spicy Eggs The Parsi Way

January 29, 2023 by Farokh Talati 2165 2

Serves 4 The Parsis in India were an industrious community. During British rule, many left their small villages and came to the large cities to work alongside the British and Dutch, facilitating trade with the locals for sail making, fabric weaving, tea growing and even opium from China. Parsis being great cooks and having a…

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Interview: Farokh Talati, Head Chef of St John Bread and Wine, London

January 17, 2023 by Masha Karpushina 1692 0

There is a quiet radiance of joy emanating from Farokh Talati’s face. Kind, calm, measured, eyes lit when talking about food, especially Parsi food, the roots of his ancestry, and the subject of his first, recently published book: ‘Parsi: From Persia to Bombay: Recipes & Tales from the Ancient Culture’. We meet in St John…

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Sussex Pond Recipe Reimagined With Parsi Flare

January 1, 2023 by Farokh Talati 3166 5

My most favourite old English dessert has to be Sussex Pond. The name conjures up images of a dour looking plate of soupy stodge. Nothing could be further from this image though. Sussex pond is a beautiful dessert made by lining a pudding basin with suet pastry, placing diced butter and demerara sugar inside then…