FLAVOURS

I was in Delhi most of this week participating in the Ad Asia Conference. While the conference provided a lot of food for thought, the lunches and dinners offered a food to think about. While most of the meals were big buffets with a big spread of thematic dishes, there were many new and innovative delicacies that were served and I will share a few. For the first time I saw kulfi scraped out in strips from a pink and white striped cylinder just like one pulls out scotch tape from a roll and it tasted really good. Another, first was pomegranate flavoured kulfi on a stick, which took us back to our schools days. Even in Raitas innovation could be seen, whether it was mint and pomegranate raita, which was so cooling and delicious or the mustard and curry leaves raita which immediately took you to Kerala. In Street Food dinner, the Kanji Wada was to die for, as also the veg Galoti Kebab which melted in the mouth. After enjoying the exotic and rich Delhi food for four days am back in Mumbai and in Home Sweet Home looking forward to my first simple meal of the week, which is Roti Sabzi Dahi and Salad.