Tag: Kalpana Talpade

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Pathare Prabhu Cuisine

January 10, 2021

A small community based in Mumbai, the Pathare Prabhus have a distinctive cuisine that has several culinary gems. The Pathare Prabhus are an indigenous, colourful community in Mumbai with current estimates that state that only 6500 exist across the world, mostly still in and around Mumbai. Despite this, they have made a significant mark in… Read More Pathare Prabhu Cuisine

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Sourdough Bread

July 19, 2020
Sourdough section by Sujit Sumitran

Making bread the way it was always intended is the perfect example of slow cooking and is all things artisanal. Sourdough bread is fundamentally flour, water, salt and levain, a fermented mix of flour and water. The levain (or starter) is essentially an eco-system of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and wild yeast. I spoke to… Read More Sourdough Bread