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The Real Food Podcast (S2)

Written by: Vikram Doctor
Narrated by: Vikram Doctor
  • Summary

  • If you have an adventurous palate, join Vikram Doctor as he indulges in his appetite for the stories of food. Taste the origins, legends and practical magic of ingredients and recipes that range from the everyday to the extraordinary.

    Through ancestral kitchens, gourmet restaurants, exotic vegetable farms, modern agriculturists, heirloom aficionados… One of India's most respected food writers has been there, eaten that and knows that there is no love more sincere than the love of food.

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Episodes
  • Feast Of The East (Indians)

    Feast Of The East (Indians)

    The Real Food Podcast Season 2, Episode 1
    Aug 19 2019

    Feast of the East (Indians)-

    Named after the East India Company, the Catholic community of East Indians are native to Mumbai and have guarded their recipes of bottle-masala for decades. These spice-mixes are a blend of a long list of ingredients, pounded and packed into old beer bottles and can conveniently create complex flavours with minimum fuss. Bottle Masala is also a way the East Indians created a distinction between their cuisine and those of other Christian communities across India. Real Food takes us into the heart of this feisty community that loves to eat but doesn’t like sharing its recipes.

    Music by Josh Woodward

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    15 mins
  • Pulse Of The People

    Pulse Of The People

    The Real Food Podcast Season 2, Episode 2
    Aug 19 2019
    No one cares about dal, unless it makes the news for the wrong reasons. As the prices of tur, moong and urad see a shocking price increase, the governments of Maharashtra and Punjab are raiding traders for hoarding dal. But parochialism may be partly to blame – we’re so accustomed to a specific type of dal we’re willing to pay higher prices for imported dal rather than consider cheaper, local alternatives. In this episode, we explore dal and its colonial history, regional-emotional connect and the man-made substitute ‘dal analogue’. Music by Josh Woodward
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    16 mins
  • Chivda — From The Shahs To The Queen

    Chivda — From The Shahs To The Queen

    The Real Food Podcast Season 2, Episode 3
    Aug 19 2019
    The British phone-hacking scandal that rocked the UK a few years back uncovered an unlikely (and highly delicious) detail — that Queen Elizabeth II was furious about the police on duty at her palace polishing off her favourite snack — the Bombay mix! Whether the ‘Bombay mix’ in the UK or ‘Slangetjies’ in South Africa or ‘Bhuja Mix’ in Australia —the modest chivda is truly global. In this episode Vikram Doctor on the chivda, which is a tea-time nibble for some and a source of sustenance on foreign trips for others, but with its varieties and regional improvisations, it is truly a national and increasingly international favourite. Music credit Josh Woodward
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    13 mins

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