Indian-Jewish Sangria

I wanted to highlight the various flavors of the Indian Jewish experience. Did you know that Jews have been living in India for almost 2,500 years and were the country's first foreign religious group? It's no surprise that the...
Babu Ji, a popular modern Indian cafe named after "what we New Yorkers may call the mayor of the block," is a must-visit for fans of all things chili and spice. If you're talking about the mayor of a...
Eddna Samuel is full of curiosity, adventure, and joy. She was born in India and has lived in the United States, India, and Israel for the past few months. She prefers not to plan and prefers to let events...
Having stated that, allow me to make a couple of educated guesses. The abundance of tomatoes reminds me of the Portuguese chicken in tomato sauce, Frango com Molho de Tomate. And didn't the Sephardic Jews relocate to Goa, where...
So, it's been a while since I've shared a recipe with you. Please accept my apologies for the delay. I've been dealing with some technological issues (my computer died), a hectic work schedule, school, and my child's stomach sickness....
With this third book, Marks revisits the territory covered in The World of Jewish Cooking and The World of Jewish Entertaining, encompassing Jewish food from around the world. While the previous two books were notable for the wide range...
Even though there are around 100,000 Indian Jews in Israel, their history, customs, and—leave it to me to point this out!—food remains a mystery to those outside the community. After all, what's Passover without lamb biryani? Shulie Madnick, a renaissance...

Sharing an Indian supper

There's a whole menu of Jewish cuisine that most of us will be unfamiliar with. It's quite unique, having been developed by a group of Iraqi Jews in Calcutta. It was always a small group of émigrés — 5,000...
On Dec. 7 at General Muir, Parsi chef Meherwan Irani (owner of Chai Pani), Jewish chefs Todd Ginsberg (General Muir) and Eli Kirshtein (formerly The Luminary), and Indian chef Archna Becker (Bhojanic) came together for Challah Walla, an evening...
Palak paneer, chana masala, and the obscenely treif-sounding butter chicken don't exactly scream "Jewish," and they're not likely to be on your grandmother's holiday table. In India, however, Jews have a long history and an even longer culinary tradition. For...