New Delhi, March 17, 2023: Holiday Inn International Airport Mumbai is celebrating Pathare Prabhu Food Festival. This exciting new event will give guests the opportunity to experience a selection of the very best in traditional Mumbai cuisine. The culinary maverick behind the soulful curations, Celebrity Chef Bimba Nayak, is preparing a tale of great taste and cultural grace to bring you the curations of this vibrant and indigenous community.This culinary escapade is set to bring together a unique culinary experience, featuring the authentic recipes of the community that have been passed down from generations to let you relive the tradition.
From Prawns Khadkhadle to Bombil cutlet, the festival is featuring a wide range of delicacies from the cuisine for guests to enjoy. While Pathare Prabhu food largely consists of non-vegetarian, vegetarians will be glad too experience dishes like Batata gode, Kaskdi Bondachi bhaji, varieties of Dal cooked with spices used by Pathare Prabhus.
According to Chef Bimba Nayak, “Pathare Prabhu cuisine has its own secret recipes and ingredients and I am happy to bring this to the forefront at the festival at Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport. Pathare Prabhu has a rich history , an age-old community known for its passion for cuisine, the arts, philosophy, and way of life has blossomed to set its own footprint of tradition in Mumbai.
Pathare Prabhu festival is being held throughout March, from every Friday to Sunday for both lunch and dinner.
Some interesting facts about Pathare Prabhu-
- Very few people know that Pathare Prabhus (PPs) form an indigenous, colorful community in Mumbai, small in number (current estimate is about 7,000 across the world, mostly still in and around Mumbai) and yet significant in the early history of the development of Mumbai city and neighboring areas.
- Pathare Prabhus seem to have traveled the length and breadth of Western India, from one location to another, persecuted by the locals and rulers alike, and yet trying to protect their traditions and rituals. They moved, most likely starting from Rajasthan, going towards Gujarat, then to Maharashtra, finally settling down in Bombay, now Mumbai, in the 13th century.
- Pathare Prabhus are known for their contribution to the building of modern Mumbai, their special customs, a Gujarati-Marathi mixed wardrobe and language, and a relaxed general attitude bordering laziness, along with a ruefully tiny interest in their own colorful past and history, just like most Indians. But more than anything else, they are known for their special cuisine, especially their seafood specialties, their special recipes and spices.
- Prawns Khadkhadle, a dish named after the rhythmic sound the shells make, whether its prawns or crabs when being cooked.
- Sambhar masala” is an ingredient, different from the one from the South.
- Pathare Prabhus also bake their own Bread and Khakra.Surprisingly they have the Pav with Mango juice during summer!
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
