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Mumbai Food: Black rice enters city grill menus in quirky ways
- Updated: June 30, 2017
Pics/Shadab Khan, Sneha Kharabe, Suresh Karkera, NRI BKC
Dosa for a times
The Lobster Tale is a butter-poached lobster plate served with a black rice dosa. “I came opposite this rice when we trafficked to a Northeast, where it is used in a kheer. In this dish, we felt a dark-coloured rice dosa would work good with a orange-red lobster,” says cook Amninder Sandhu, adding that a healthy rice has a heady fragrance, and is gummy in nature.
AT: Arth, tract 604, Pinnacle House, PD Hinduja Junction, 15th Road, Khar (W).
CALL: 9594060038
COST Rs 1,200
Japan meets Manipur
The rice used in a Black Rice Sushi with Scallops and Miso comes from Manipur. Not usually does a low colour of a grains make a plate visually striking, it also gives it a eccentric flavour. “Since black rice has a bent to get sticky, we brew it with a tiny volume of white rice while scheming a sushi,” says executive cook Prashanth Puttaswamy. The scallops that go inside are parched in butter and miso paste.
AT: The Fatty Bao, Kamala Mills Compound, Lower Parel.
CALL: 62371500
COST: Rs 410
Fibre-rich and guilt-free
This vegan Black Rice Salad comes with red cabbage, capers, and immature olives. “Black rice is a energy packaged pellet of wellness and health, a really abounding source of dietary twine and antioxidants. This plate is a rational and juicy salad option, generally for those avoiding gluten,” says owners Parvinder Singh, adding that black rice also has anti-inflammatory properties.
AT: Garde Manger Cafe, 3, Paranjay Scheme Marg No 1, Vile Parle (E).
CALL: 7045004488
COST: Rs 350
Wholesome affair
Organic, inapt black rice, sourced from Shillong, creates a approach into this Mushroom Kedgeree. A British rice plate of Indian origin, this chronicle is baked with black rice, 3 forms of mushroom, moong dal and truffle oil, and bedecked with broccoli, fungus chips and a drizzle of truffle cream.
AT: NRI, 2, North Avenue, Maker Maxity, Bandra Kurla Complex.
CALL: 30005040
COST: Rs 800
Vegan plate for one
Inspired by Thai Sweet Sticky Rice, this Vegan Mango, Coconut Milk Organic Black Rice Pudding is a healthy, gluten-free meal. “We make a possess coconut milk, and brew it with rice, jaggery and tip it with mangoes. The rice creates a plate eccentric and crunchy,” says co-owner Sumit Gambhir, adding that they source a pellet from Assam.
AT: The Pantry, tract 14, belligerent floor, Yashwanth Chambers, Kala Ghoda.
CALL: 8433942801
COST: Rs 295
Fish and rice, with a twist
Executive cook Sanyo Vaz uses black rice from Manipur in a Baja Fish Tacos, that are radically tortillas served with green cream, red cabbage and pico de gallo. The tortillas are a mix of black rice mix and corn meal.
AT: It Happened in New York, 84, Chapel Road, Bandra (W).
CALL: 26446161
COST: Rs 390