A Rustic Assamese Meal
Today I had one of my most memorable meals.When I go to a restaurant,I usually pick the most unusual item on the menu.The lunch today was rustic Assamese made by Gitika Saikia who has lived in Mumbai for 16 years.Except for the Brinjal Pokora(Assamese fritters) which were like Bengali Bejun Bhaja,the rest I had never seen before.My kind of happiness :) . I was expecting it to be like Bengali food but it wasn't.Assamese food too varies with the season. Mumbai has no Assamese restaurant but Bengaluru does. I first read about Assamese food in Charmaine O'Brien's Penguin Food Guide to India which explains cuisine of every state The pop-up organized by the Small Fry Company's division called " The Secret Ingredient" was at a store at Khar.It is run by Insia Lacewala and Paresh Chabbria.They want people to experience secret ingredients of various regional cuisines that can only be found in home meals We were seated around a low table around cushio...