Jamva Avo Ji! Guide to the best of Parsi cuisine on Navroze

Irani cafe food

Celebrate at a modern Irani cafe
There's nothing quite like tucking into a splendid Navroze meal with your loved ones. Sodabottleopenerwala, a contemporary take on the Irani cafe, is offering an extensive special bhonu. The vegetarian version includes paneer cutlet, Bhatia paneer, rotli, masoor daal, pulav, mint kachumbar, saria papad, gajjar mewa nu acchar and dudhi halwa. The non-vegetarian spread has chicken masala cutlet, bhatia chicken, rotli, masoor daal and mutton pulav.
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WHERE: Sodabottleopenerwala, across all three outlets (BKC, Lower Parel and Thane)
WHEN: March 21, till midnight
PRICE: R595 onwards
FOR RESERVATION: sodabottleopenerwala.in

Chow down some egg pattice

Visit Parsilicious to enjoy amazing Navroze treats. The menu includes chicken cutlets, egg chutney pattice, and dar ni pori. Don't forget to dig into their prawns in sauce.
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WHERE: Parsilicious, Tardeo
WHEN: March 21, 9 AM to 8 PM
PRICE: R50-R900
CALL: 9930813307

Binge on salli marghi

Head to Colaba Paradise where you will be served dhansak, salli boti and salli marghi. You can also snack on sandwiches and soups.
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WHERE: Colaba's Paradise, Colaba
WHEN: March 21,
12 PM-3 PM and 7 PM-11 PM
PRICE: R100 onwards
CALL: 7777025517

Have a homemade Parsi meal

Marukh's Kitchen is offering a menu of varied homemade Parsi dishes this Navroze. You can pick from Navroze kheema, prawns jardalo patiyo and boneless chicken farcha. Delivery service is also available.
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WHERE: Marukh's Kitchen, Nana Chowk
WHEN: March 21
PRICE: Rs 300 onwards
CALL: 9892513577

Feast on the most delish berry pulavs in town

Any true-blue Mumbaikar can't skip this one. Britannia & Co is offering an assortment of Iranian specials. There's salli kheema, salli boti, and its most special, berry pulav. The restaurant makes its own version of the Persian dish with imported berries from Iran.
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WHERE: Britannia & Co. Restaurant, Ballard Estate, Fort
WHEN: March 22, 12PM to 4PM
PRICE: R1,000 for two people
CALL: 7777025517

Plan to enjoy a hearty lunch with your extended family> Check out Ashmick Snack Shack's feast menu. You can choose from chicken or mutton berry pulav, mutton kid gosht, cutlets, lagan nu custard and more.

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WHERE: Ashmick Snack Shack, Pali Junction, Bandra West
WHEN: March 21, 11 AM to 10 PM
PRICE: Rs 60 to Rs 450
CALL: 9987802013

Celebrate the culinary repertoire of the Parsis over a Navroze brunch at JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar. Curated by their team of master chefs, this spread promises to be a gourmet experience for those who love the traditional cuisine. Think murghi na farchaa, salli boti, tomato ma bheja, prawn patia, dhansaak, potato pattice, salli par edu, berry pulav and mutton pulav daal. Wash it all down with raspberry soda.
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WHERE: JW Marriott, Sahar
WHEN: MARCH 21, 12.30 PM-
3.30 PM
PRICE: Rs 2,950 onwards
CALL: 91676 15611

A toast to good times

Owner and chef Yajush Malik with the Navroze spread. This time, the menu will offer Pestonji's chutney pattice, aflatoon akuri, machhi na curry, dhan dar prawn patio, kolmi ni curry, and dudh na puff. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Chef Yajush Malik and his team at Gallops have rolled out a bhonu menu, which has traditional flavours with an innovative twist. Knowing how much Parsis love the hand-churned mango ice cream and boi (river mullet fish) from Udvada, he is specially bringing down the two items from the sleepy town, believed to be the location where the earliest Zoroastrians settled when they arrived from Iran to India, centuries ago. Besides the usual suspects, there's also Pestonji's chutney pattice, aflatoon
akuri, machhi na curry, dhan dar prawn patio, kolmi ni curry, patra na paneer and dudh na puff.
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WHERE: Gallops, Mahalaxmi Race Course
WHEN: Till March 31, 12 PM to 11.30 PM
PRICE: R395 onwards
CALL: 8928947188

Order in some Parsi favourites

Actor Perizaad Zorabian's online catering business, Bawa Zest, is offering a host of community favourites. Her recommendations for the New Year festivities include chicken Russian pattice, farcha, chicken minced kebab, mutton or chicken lacy cutlet, chicken salli jardalu, chicken or mutton pulav, and the famous patra ni machhi. For the vegetarians, there is masala dal, pulav, cutlet, samosa and patra paneer.

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WHERE: www.bawazest.in
WHEN: March 21, available all day
PRICE: Rs 395 onwards
CALL: 9820148263

Diana and Kaizad Mistry's catering business, Kitchen Factory, will roll out specials such as Kashmiri pulav dal, prawns patio, jardaloo salli, kaju chicken, kid ghosh, prawns kebab, sauce ni machhi, lagan nu stew and sagan no ravo. "For us, Navroze means spending time with our family and eating the sev and ravo that mom makes for all of us, along with the lavish food spread," says Kaizad.
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WHEN: March 21,
11 AM to 5 PM
PRICE: Rs 350 onwards
CALL: 9833303096

Gobble down a Parsi snack

Grab a bite of Belgaum Ghee Depot's delicious Parsi treasures. There's the famous mutton samosas, plump egg and chutney pattice, mutton pattice, old-school chicken mayo rolls and sandwiches. Since it's a small space, only takeout is available.

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WHERE: Belgaum Ghee Depot,
Grant Road West
WHEN: March 22, 10AM to 7PM
CONTACT: 23820837

Go for an ‘Ideal' meal

Take your friends and family to Ideal Corner, which is offering an array for dishes, including starters like bheja fry, mutton kebabs, chicken farcha. They also have a traditional main course comprising jardaloo papeti gosh, cashew chicken, and berry pulav dal
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WHERE: Ideal Corner, Fort
WHEN: March 21, 12 PM to 4 PM and 8 PM to 11PM
PRICE: Rs 100 onwards
CALL: 9930260703

Tickle your taste buds with a preserve

Enjoy your Navroze feast with Zinobia Schroffs's special Parsi pickles. You can choose from prawn and meat pickles, lagan nu and mango methia achar, and tarapori patio aka bombil pickle. For vegetarians, she has brinjal, lagan nu classic carrot dryfruit pickle and mixed vegetable pickles.
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WHERE: Dadar Parsi Colony
PRICE: Rs 180 onwards
CALL: 9869914472

Dig into bun maska pudding

Sassy Spoon has curated a festive spread that includes bombil fry and mixed vegetable patio on the sides, and dhansak with caramelised brown rice, Shereen Bapuna's Very berry mutton pulao, and Khush Ferzandi's Saas nu machhi on its main course. End your meal on a sweet note with bun maska marmalade pudding.
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WHERE: The Sassy Spoon, Powai
WHEN: March 15 to March 31,
12 PM-11 PM
PRICE: R300-R900
CALL: 9920003500

Enjoy a Parsi thali

Don't miss Jimmy Boy's special lagan nu bhonu this Parsi New Year. The non-veg menu includes chicken Russian patties, sass ni machhi, and salli chicken. For vegetarians, there's patra nu paneer, lagan sara nu stew, veg berry pulav and dhansak dal. Both the meals will have side dishes like rotli, sarla and raspberry.
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WHERE: Jimmy Boy, Fort
WHEN: March 21, 8 AM to 11 PM
PRICE: R800-R2,200
CALL: 7068891891

A box of love

Create new food memories with box meals rustled up by home chef Meher Sinor. The treat comprises Parsi sev, mutton Kashmiri pulao daal, potato chutney cheese cutlet, chicken in kaju gravy with chips, tam tumaatee prawns, Russian salad, lagan nu custard and one special ‘surprise'. For Sinor, Navroze has always meant falooda. "Every year, I would eagerly wait for March 21 just so that we could have falooda and pulav dal for dinner with family at home. It was much later when I started doing small orders that I realised Iranis keep the haft-sin table."

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PRICE: R1,500 onwards
CALL: 9820127945

Go beyond bhonu

Parsi fare and the Ratan Tata Institute (RTI) have been synonymous for decades now. So, you can rest assured that their Navroze special lunch will be the real deal. We suggest you also save room for dessert as Chef Hooma Billimoria, head of cake and confectionery, has whipped up a mean spread, comprising Dutch almond nougat, pineapple fresh cream nougat, fresh fruit gateaux, baked yoghurt and ravo with dryfruits. "As children, my siblings and I would help mom and dad fix a lavish brunch consisting of sev and dahi, resembling longevity and sweetness, mava-ni-boi, sweet mava fish resembling prosperity, malai-nu-khaju and, of course, eggs, fruits, and Parsi chai followed by a trip to the fire temple for blessings."
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WHERE: RTI, 25, N S Patkar Marg, Babulnath
WHEN: March 21,
9 AM to 7 PM
PRICE: R1,200 onwards
CALL: 9004017728