A Cuisine-focussed Look at the Regions of India.

Stylish Indian succeeds in repositioning Indian food as trendy, cosmopolitan and contemporary, adaptable to the short-on-time lifestyle.


The culture of food.

Think of India and one of the first things that comes to mind is its diversity.Indians take their food very seriously. Cooking is considered an art and mothers usually begin to teach their daughters and pass down family recipes by show-and-tell, fairly young in life. Mealtimes are important occasions for family to get together. Most meals comprise of several dishes ranging from staples like rice and breads to meat and vegetables and rounded off with a dessert.

Someone who shows how Indian food can be stylish without being complicated; elegant without being fussy; easily doable for a family meal or casual weekday dinner party; and most of all that it can actually be fun. Someone who can take Indian cooking out of that slot of elaborate time-consuming party food.

Here is a real simple recipe to get you started and feeling like a pro right from the get-go!


Mutton Pepper Fry.

Ingredients:

500gm boneless mutton,
1 cup mustered oil,
8 green chillies
½ medium-sized fresh coconut, grated and ground to a fine paste
3 cloves garlic, chopped,
2cm piece ginger, chopped,
3 tsp red chilli powder,
½ tsp turmeric powder,
1 tsp coriander powder,
1 tsp black pepper powder,
3cm stick cinnamon, broken into pieces,
2 cloves,
1 tsp fennel seeds,
1 tsp salt.

Method:

Cut meat into finger-sized strips then pressure cook for 30 minutes with half cup water. Drain the stock. Rub spices into meat and marinate for an hour. Heat oil in a pan and deep- fry meat in batches. Drain and set aside. Take 2tsp oil, add green chillies and coconut. Fry, stirring constantly, till the coconut turns brown. Mix the meat and serve.