Chetan Juneja Reward Points : 55000 Member Since : Monday, April 28, 2008
In contemporary India fusion food is in vogue. Whether it is at the eating outlets or in houses an eclectic approach is adopted as far as food is concerned. The Indian food festivals reflect this tradition as well. Lets discuss here about the various Indian food festivals...
he Indian food festivals organised throughout the nation took the popularity of the Indian cuisines one step further. Such events provided a golden opportunity to the gourmets to treat their taste buds with exotic, native as well as international dishes. Moreover one can lay his hand on an array of dishes under the same roof. As years fly by the popularity of Indian food festivals are increasing. In contemporary India fusion food is in vogue. Whether it is at the eating outlets or in houses an eclectic approach is adopted as far as food is concerned. The Indian food festivals reflect this tradition as well. Cities like Kolkata, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa and several others host food festivals for the food lovers. In most of these Indian cities the food festivals comprise the regional dishes, for instance, Goa is famous for its sea food. Hence the highlight of the Goa food festival would be an assortment of sea foods. In addition to the scrumptious regional cuisines the food lovers can also dig their teeth into fusion food. Several esteemed names in the hospitality industry take part in the Indian food festivals, bringing with them food items from almost all over the world, such as, Chinese, Mongolian, Italian, Mexican.
n cities like, Mumbai, street food festivals are held. Delicacies like pav bhaji, golgappe, chaat, sev puri, bhaaji and several other foods are being laid out in the stalls for the foodies to try them out. The appetizing aroma of these foods compels the visitors to taste them. Besides these, beverages also enjoy a special place in the Indian food culture. Tea festivals are organised in Assam, West Bengal and Sikkim. The best flavours of tea are picked from India s finest tea gardens and presented before the visitors. Whilst one can sip in the refreshing beverages and breathe in their aroma, the tea festivals also promote trade and tourism. In fact, most of the Indian food festivals are instrumental in promoting tourism as well. Cooking tips, cooking apparatus, crockery and cooking books are also part of the Indian food festivals. These food fairs provide the apt platform for launching new cooking equipments or a food product. Prestigious companies from the Indian food industry take part in such events. Thus, apart from mirroring the culture and tradition, these Indian fairs are perfect for mixing pleasure and business.
Posted On : 4/13/2009 11:19:31 PM
Siddharth Ray Reward Points : 61200 Member Since : Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Lucknowi Food Festival was held in March, 2009. Main Street Restaurant at The Residency Towers organised Lucknowi Food Festival, choose from vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items including kababs, kormas, kaliya, kulchas, zarda, sheermal, rumali roti and parathas. The last Andhra food Festival included dishes like Bomedayala Pulusu Koramenu Fry Prawn Fry Peetholu Fry Vanjuram Eguru Gongura Mutton Chintachiguru Mutton Gongura Royalu Hyderabad Dum Biriyani Tiger Prawn Biriyani Chicken Fry Guthuvankaya Masala Vulava Charu Pesarattu Kurma
Posted On : 4/13/2009 11:22:13 PM
Riya Sen [Guru] Reward Points : 93800 Member Since : Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Almost every festival in India has a special dish, or dishes, as the case may be, associated with it. There are various festivals that are directly linked with food. Pongal, literally meaning boiling over , is perhaps the most important Tamilian festival in India related to food. It is, basically, a harvest festival and is celebrated to thank the sun god and the god of rain, Indra, for a good paddy crop. The actual day of Pongal is January 14, although the day before it is also celebrated. Traditionally, Pongal is celebrated over three-four days however no one does that any more and in cities everyone restricts the festivities to two days. Different food dishes are associated with the days of Pongal. On the first day rice, being central to the south Indian cuisine and also to the festival itself, is cooked. There is also vadai fried chickpea patties and poli sweet pancake . On this day only the members of the family eat together. On the second day, the day of the celebration itself, food is cooked only by the women of the house and not by servants. There are two special foods for this day, venpongal mixture of steamed rice and dal which is salty, and chakkaraipongol jaggery and ghee mixed to steamed dal and rice that is sweet. Apart from these, rice in various forms boiled, fried, sweet and salty is also eaten. Sugarcane is very much a part of the festival and is eaten all the time in Pongal. Flavour Food Festival is celebrated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 5th to 11th April. This exotic food festival provides a rare opportunity to the gourmets to taste the traditional, authentic Cuisine of Kerala and India. Renowned hotels from across Kerala participate in this weeklong international festival of the various cuisines of the world.
Indian Food Festivals
