Shirin Mehrotra
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Book review: The story of Mumbai through its food | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Did you know that in Bandra’s Chimbai village, in 1914, a group of fierce Koli women physically confronted a senior police inspector, who tried to impose a ban on drying ‘bombil’ or Bombay duck because of its strong odour? It may sound like a scene straight out of a Hindi film, but it is one of many vignettes from Mumbai’s fascinating food history that author Meher Mirza has woven into her book Sea, Salt & Spice: A
Curious about India's wild foods? Here's how you can try them out | Mint (opens the original)
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This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the monsoon arrives in Himachal Pradesh, the women of Gunehr village near Bir Billing trek up to the forest to collect chambu. The snake leaf, named so for its leaves that look like a snake’s hood, grows wild at the height of 2,500m, and is the traditional food of the Gaddi community. It is boiled, chopped and kneaded into a dough with spices to make chamode—steamed, doughy balls that are eaten with a spoonful of
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