It's comforting to cook and eat a dish my parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents grew up eating. As a Parsi, that's Dhansak. Follow my not-so-easy recipe and learn everything you need to know about Dhansak.
Family customs can evolve and change but the rituals remain integral to our values and memories. Growing up we ate different dishes on Sunday...but we always had a large hot meal at 1pm. "Dinner" on Sunday was more of a light meal, snack. I miss that practice and this article had me thinking I might bring back a main meal on Sunday afternoon. Thank you, I did not know what Dhansak was but it sounded delicious.
My local Indian restaurant/takeaway (Tandoori Heritage in Wellington - best Indian restaurant I've ever been to) has Dhansak on the menu so I have had it a number of times. It's delicious. I had no idea it was such a culturally significant dish, so fantastic to hear the story. I shall appreciate it a lot more from now on.
A very small community - the Parsis - eat it. It's quite popular in Mumbai (and more recently Delhi thanks to Sodabottleopenerwala) due to the fact that a lot of Parsis live there and non-Parsis get invited to their homes/weddings where they chance upon Dhansak.
Which is why I found it quite strange to learn how popular Dhansak is in the UK. Here in NZ when i meet someone from the UK they seem to have heard of it though as I understand it now their understanding of what the dish is vs what it actually is is drastically different.
Family customs can evolve and change but the rituals remain integral to our values and memories. Growing up we ate different dishes on Sunday...but we always had a large hot meal at 1pm. "Dinner" on Sunday was more of a light meal, snack. I miss that practice and this article had me thinking I might bring back a main meal on Sunday afternoon. Thank you, I did not know what Dhansak was but it sounded delicious.
My local Indian restaurant/takeaway (Tandoori Heritage in Wellington - best Indian restaurant I've ever been to) has Dhansak on the menu so I have had it a number of times. It's delicious. I had no idea it was such a culturally significant dish, so fantastic to hear the story. I shall appreciate it a lot more from now on.
This is a new dish to me, I had never heard of it. It looks so tasty! And the family Sunday custom going along with it just so wonderful.
A very small community - the Parsis - eat it. It's quite popular in Mumbai (and more recently Delhi thanks to Sodabottleopenerwala) due to the fact that a lot of Parsis live there and non-Parsis get invited to their homes/weddings where they chance upon Dhansak.
Which is why I found it quite strange to learn how popular Dhansak is in the UK. Here in NZ when i meet someone from the UK they seem to have heard of it though as I understand it now their understanding of what the dish is vs what it actually is is drastically different.