FOOD : MY WAY

Coffee is a natural product grown in many countries of tropical and subtropical belts in south Central America, Africa, and Asia. It is grown at different altitudes in different basic climates and different soils and is looked upon as an international drink consumed throughout the world. Brazil is the world ' s largest grower of coffee.   The tree which produces coffee is the Genus coffee that belongs to the Rubiaceae family. Out of the 50 different species, only two of these are commercially significant. These are known as Coffee Arabica and Coffee Camephora that is usually referred to as Robusta.     The Coffee tree is an evergreen shrub which reaches a height of 2-3 meter when cultivated. For growth, the coffee plant required high humidity, plenty of rainfall, cold climate alongside care should be taken so that water does not stagnate around the plant.     The fruit of the coffee tree is called Cherry. It has a pulp and two flat seeds inside. There are two me...

     A soft bread having two contrasting colour. Slight brown at top with that light crust and creamy white at lower level with supper soft spongy texture.   Brief introduction about Pav -             In the past, Indian people are tended to eat whole wheat flour (atta). They used to make unleavened bread like chapati. Refine flour (maida) came along with Muslims. I read somewhere that, the Muslims are traditionally best bakers, because of their skills to handle maida. If you look around, you will find almost all traditional bakeries are owned by Muslims. You may find  that at north part of India, Pav is not much famous or preferred as compared to western part of India. And here it is the Portuguese influence came into play. Portuguese introduced Pav to India and we all are aware that, they used to rule most of the western part of India.           In Mumbai Pav became popular post 1960s, when Goan ...

The Pav Bhaji Masala is an aromatic spice mix, the heart of any Pav Bhaji recipe.   Pav Bhaji -  This iconic dish originated somewhere around 1850 in Mumbai. The idea behind this dish was Combination of spice infused mix veg (Bhajji) along with Pav, which was a quick lunchtime meal option for the textile mill workers in Mumbai.                There is no need to elaborate on the delicacy of Pav Bhaji, as all are well aware about it’s basic  ingredients, process, texture & taste. Though in modern Culinary era, Fusion is became a fashion. So there are different variation of Pav Bhaji available at several places, but the basic version still holds the popularity among all generations.                 So Coming back to Pav Bhaji Masala, there are lot of well known brands available in market and trend wise it is commonly preferred also. May be its because they are easily availabl...

          Tea is an accidental creation. This is invented several thousand years ago in China. There was an Emperor who was drinking hot water & a leaf fall in his cup by accident. He liked the taste of water, so he encourage the production of that leaf called ‘ Camellia sinensis’  in bulk. People started adding in hot water & drinking it.                In India Tea is introduced by British somewhere around in 1840. Initially was not adopted or rather popular in India. But slowly Tea grabs its hold on almost every Indian household.             Tea is world’s highest consumed drink. Currently India is the second highest producer of Tea followed by China. From that Production almost 70%  is consumed within India itself and 30% for export.             The idea of Chai Masala came through a Gujarati mind when an attempt to sell l...