For The Love Of Lentils, Let’s Celebrate Dal Divas In Mumbai

Love it when your favourite dal is being cooked in the kitchen with tempering that sizzles leaving you hungrier than ever to binge on your comfort food? Then give the one dish that’s kept you nourished and satiated a day that solely celebrates its soothing, delicious and warm nature. Join Rushina Mushaw Ghildiyal of APB Cook Studio and celebrate Dal Divas on 25^th Jan.

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Ghildiyal has been teaching delicious food and cooking techniques at her studio in Mumbai and recognises the value of India food and traditional recipes. This is why she has started Food Observance Days and is dedicating a whole day to the ubiquitous Indian delicacy – dal. Speaking on length about the observance days Ghildiyal says, “Indian traditional culinary practices evolved and transformed over time as our cuisine evolved. Ingredients, their uses, cooking methods, food combinations, a seasonal food calendar, Indian dietetics, and dining etiquette have all been built into a system of traditional practices with a sound reason behind them.”

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“But we are losing touch with them. Indian Food Observance Days suggested by me follow the Indian seasonal food calendar. Pickles would have been put down in April, masalas would be ground in May, and mutton would be eaten in the winter. A day dedicated to any of these means, we will stop and make that pickle or grind that masala like our predecessors would have and follow a cycle that’s existed for centuries! I love the idea of coming together around food. These days will make us stop to think about something we love to eat or someone that cooks for us, something we can savour…and it makes us smile.”

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APB Cook Studio and Ghildiyal encourages everyone to celebrate Dal Divas and ways to do that are plenty. One can share heirloom recipes, have a dal exchange with neighbours, explore dal from a whole other region of Indian and try their hand at making it. If you simply like to eat, you can simply click a nice image of your favourite dal cooked at home and upload it on social media to