Lost Vegetarian Presents... Episode 1.8 - Sindhi Curry at Kailash Parbat

Kailash Parbat NY (www.kailashparbatny.com/) -
99 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016
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Until I sat down with Gary Mulchandani, at Kailash Parbat NY, to discuss filming this episode of Lost Vegetarian Presents I had never heard of Sindhi culture or Sindhi cuisine. Over the past few years the regional specifics of Chinese cuisine have been becoming more popular around NYC, but Indian cuisine hasn't had the same thing happen. I vaguely knew there was a difference between northern and southern Indian cuisine, but the truth is I couldn't tell you exactly what that difference was. There are thousands of cultures in India, all with their own identities. So it was a pleasure to learn about one of them, the Sindhi culture.
And yet as I watched Gary cook (he's not one of the cooks at the restaurant, but part of his training to manage Kailash Parbat in NYC involved him learning how to make everything) it was something simple and familiar that made me take notice. The Sindhi curry starts with a specific technique in which gram (chickpea) flour is smoked slowly in oil. It was a technique that would be recognizable to anyone who has ever made a French roux; though I'm guessing the Sindhi version pre-dates the roux by a few thousand years.
Obviously a couple of conversations doesn't make me an expert, and everyone's family has a different recipe for Sindhi curry. I feel privileged to have gotten a glimpse into a culture I didn't know anything about, and to be the recipient of Gary's generosity.
My collaborators:
Camera - Donny Tsang (www.donnytsang.com/)
Camera - Matt Yule ( / yulebrothers )
Music - Bayard Russell (bayardrussell.wordpress.com/)

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