Give An Iranian Touch To Your Regular Bread Intake

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Bread is considered as a staple food in most part of the world. And in the western world, it is a must with almost every meal. Be it a full-fledged lunch or dinner or a mid-meal snack, bread is present everywhere. Pizzas and burgers have heavily entered the food habits of the westerners now and the main indredient of both these are bread. Also, bread is consumed separately with side dishes of vegetables, meats and diary products. The idea of having bread is to add grains into our diet. Grains are the primary sources of carbohydrate which is every much required in our body for energy and strength. However overdoing it, nowadays, are adding to the obesity woes. But that's a different topic altogether and we will touch upon it sometimes later.

Bread forms the main dish of a meal, as I have already stated, in many parts of the world. In Asia, Chinese often consume mantou as an alternative to their staple rice. Mantou is made by either deep frying or steaming the dough made with wheat flour. In other parts of Asia, like India, Pakistan, and middle east, roti and chapati is prevalent. It is made by toasting the flattened wheat ...
... dough. Another very popular form of bread, that is prevalent in India and more specifically in western India, is Bun.

Sweetened and butter wheat dough is made into balls and then stream-baked to get bun. Though it is quite a popular food specially in Mumbai, the recipe is not indigenous to the country. Instead it has been introduced to the Mumbai food habit by the immigrant Iranians who migrated to the land ages before. Today Bun is considered very much a staple food in Mumbai. What makes bun more interesting is its presentation which is much different from the western way of serving it with loads of cheese. In a Parsi restaurant, Bun is served with variety of accompaniments ranging from mere tea to the veggies to the chicken. Veggies and chicken are thoroughly cooked with significant amount of tangy gravy made out of onion and tomato. The most common Parsi dish made around bun is Bun Maska, Kheema Pav, Pav Bhaji, Salli Boti Pav, Dhanshak Pav, Vada Pav, Bhurji Pav and lot many. In all the dishes, Pav (common name for this special kind of bread) is served with patent curries made out of veggies or meat and Bun Maska is sweetened bread that has been adequately buttered and served with hot milky tea that is a signature of the Irani cuisine.

Talking so much about bun has already made me salivating. If the situation is same for you, without wasting any more time let me inform you that for tasting this heavenly tasting dishes you need not travel all the way to India. All you need to do is visit Fidos Cafe. It is well known for serving the best Bun Maska in New York. And not only Bun Maska each and every Irani dish made there bears the authentic taste of Bombay. Moreover, the typical Indian ambience is sure to stimulate your taste buds further. So do give it a try. Happy eating.