IYENGARS, NAIRS, NADARS etc. all Celebrate PONGAL at Culture Curry!!

Come January and the first popular festival of the diverse yet rich & traditional Indian Culture, PONGAL is celebrated as a harvest festival. This festival of the Tamilnadu origin is a tribute extended by the people towards the SUN, NATURE & CATTLE for giving a rich harvest and prosperity. Since it is a harvest festival, each and every household prepares the traditional pongal (rice) delicacies.

Culture Curry – The South Indian Specialty Restrobar a unique place on the top of popularity charts of foodies celebrating it’s 2^nd Anniversary. Culture Curry the “ Authentic Gourmet Restaurant ”Awardee by NHK – JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION is reputed for its wide range of traditional South Indian delicacies cooked and served in traditional south Indian home-style preparation. In their forever endeavor to offer a different yet most satisfying dining experience this year too a “PONGAL FOOD” is organized. Traditional Pongal delicacies like Sarkarai Pongal, Venn Pongal, Adhirrasam and many more varieties on offer are a real delight to the taste-buds of Mumbaikars & other Indian as well as International tourists. The festival is complete with the theme décor offering glimpses of South like Kathakali masks, Wooden ceiling, Chatais, ‘Stambhs’ (pillars) with ‘Deeyas’, antique wooden carvings & Tanjore paintings like in South Indian temples. Waiters are dressed in traditional Veshti with a background of Live South Indian music.  A Show Kitchen adds a whole new dimension to dining out wherein one can see live preparation of Appams & Coffee.

Celebrities who visited Culture Curry for the Anniversary were Mr. Rahul Nanda, Mr. Parvez Damania & Roshini Damania, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor & his wife Alyona Kapoor, Mr. Hemant Kenkare, Mr. Gogi, Mr. Ravi Deshpande, Mr. Vikrant Choughule & Kavita Choughule, Mr. Ashok Salian, Singer Anu Malik, Mr. Satish Mathur - Police Commissioner, Mr. Subash Awate – IGP Human Rights, Actress Kunika & Sonali Kulkarni, Mr. Farhad Samar, Simon Singh, Rajat Kapoor, Ramesh Sippy, Kiran Juneja, & many other Celebrities, Industrialist and Media Heads.

No wonder all cars are seen zooming to Culture Curry at Mahim to Yenjoy the South Indian fare and that too without worrying coz on offer is a valet parking facility too.

So buddies see you at Culture Curry and lets all SIMBLY YENJOY the traditional South Indian delicacies at the forever happening, first and only one of its kind, traditional Specialty South Indian Restrobar – CULTURE CURRY & explore the myth that South Indian food is just Idli, Dosai & Sambharam.

Parts of Profits donated to “Muktangan” a School for The Mentally Challenged & Drug De-Addiction Center.

Food Festival Of Goa Portuguesa & Culture Curry

The award winning restaurant Goa Portuguesa & Culture Curry was invited by the Kolkata's Hotel Hyatt Regency to conduct food festival.

Owner of the group's of Hotel Hyatt Regency Shri. Shiv Jatia had invited Dr. Suhas Awchat & Master chef Deepa Awchat Along with Goa Portuguesa & Culture Curry for his daughter wedding ceremony to celebrate the with Goan Portuguese food festival. This successful food festival was highly Recognized & Recommended by the Press & Electronic Media.

The Celebrities who visited for this unique Celebration Of the food festival were Mr. Pramod Mahajan, Central Ministers Mr. Rudi, M.P. Praful Patel, Shri. Goenka, Mr. Birla, Mr. Singhania, Mr. Bajaj has attended this Food Festival with there families. & all of them highly appreciated the taste of the unusual exotic Veg. food exploding the myths that Indian food is only Punjabi & Mughlai & South Indian food is Idli, Dosa, Sambar Awchat has proved & exploded the that Goan food is not only Non-Veg.& seafood.

Goa Portuguesa & Culture Curry has also successful organized a food festival for Miss. World in Sychelles, in Air-India Flights & many Other Foreign Countries.

Goa Portuguesa one of the leading Restaurant, which earns the precious Foreign Exchange.

Kolkata rescomended Marwadis & Bangali families were offers to honor food festival & to open branch of Goa Portuguesa & Culture Curry at kolkata.

A part of the profit of Goa Portuguesa is donated to “Muktangaan” the school for Mentally Challenged and Drug De-Addiction Center.

“SHRAVAN YATRA-2003 ” (A Traditional Veg Food Festival)

“Shravan is Back and So the Yatra goes on.....”

As we all are aware that “Shravan” month (A month of festivals) is a sacred month for a larger section of Indians. It is a month full of festivals worshiping various Gods and Goddesses etc.. Some of the most popular festivals are Nag Panchami (snake worship), Nariyal Poornima, Raksha Bhandan, Gokul Astami.......and many more.

It is this month, where many Indians change their diet i.e. temporarily give up non- vegetarian food and eat only pure vegetarian food. As the proprietor of Goa Portuguesa and Culture Curry Dr. Suhas Awchat M.D. and Executive Chef & CEO Deepa Awchat are exploding the myths, that South Indian food is only idli- dosa, sambhar and Goan food is only seafood and non-vegetarian, but there is a lot to add to it. In Shravan Yatra - 2002, they exposed their 300++ vegetarian dishes from their renowned twin restaurants Goa Portuguesa and Culture Curry.

A special survey was conducted during this “Shravan Yatra” and it was learnt that more than 1 lakh vegetarians visited the extended food festival, which made the Awchats call for another successful Shravan Yatra.

Looking at the tremendous success of Shravan Yatra 2002, the Executive Chef Deepa Awchat has researched on new traditional delicacies from the secret kitchens of Southern states of India, to make all patrons enjoy the season of Shravan at Culture Curry. Shravan Yatra 2003 is totally a different experience for all patron as the research team headed by Executive Chef Deepa has designed a special menu to tickle the taste buds of non-vegetarian turned pure vegetarians.

As Goa Portuguesa and Culture Curry is well known for its quality and service because of its separate kitchens/crockery maintained for veg and non-veg cuisine's as Dr. Suhas Awchat (Proprietor) comes from a strictly pure vegetarian family who dine everyday in the restobar which is connected to his house located just above the restaurant. Another reason for introducing Shravan Yatra 2003 is because of tremendous demand & response by our patrons who visited Shravan Yatra 2002.

Shravan Yatra 2003 will begin from 1st August till 30th Sept 2003. The guests visited were the Who’s Who of Mumbai for the grand opening ceremony which was held at Culture Curry Restobar on 31st July, 2003.

As always the part of profits of the restaurants donated to “Muktangan” School for Mentally Challenged.



CHETINAD FOOD FESTIVAL
authentic cuisine of Tamilnadu

What distinguishes the Chetinad cuisine from other South Indian cuisine's, is a masala called Khada Masala (whole spices like cinnamon, clove, pepper) which is spicy but not pungent. You'll never find this masala in a powdered form anywhere. Except in here.
Deepa has taken special care to modify and standardize the menu to suit the Mumbaite's taste.

KERALA FOOD FESTIVAL

In Kerala, food is usually cooked in coconut oil. But we merely temper the food with coconut oil. So it appeals to your taste as well as retains its authenticity. Vegetarian Kerala cuisine is mostly dominated with bananas and root vegetables like yam, tapioca and beet-root.

ANDHRA FOOD FESTIVAL

Andhra cuisine is the spiciest of all. But our chefs have customized the recipes to offer you a fine balance of spicy and mild taste. Interestingly, this is different from Hyderabadi cuisine (food of the Nizams) which is usually cooked in white gravy with cashewnuts, malai (cream), peanuts and butter.

Manglorian Food Festival

Mangalorian cuisine is dominated by seafood. The souring agent used, is tamarind as against Kodembali in Kerala cooking.

For the rare kinds .....
And in case you find the menu too authentic, let us assure you, we also have recipes you'll instantly recognize, Butter Chicken, Veg Kadai, Palak Paneer, for instance.