Once upon a time, there was a group of Zoroastrians who got crosswise with the emerging Muslim culture in ancient Persia. These good folks moved (some say fled) to the coast near Hormuz, and eventually on to India in the region of Mumbai. They became known as Parsi.
These folks like their food hot! No, make that incendiary. As in sear-you-sinuses hot. Lava-on-the-lips hot. Shoot, maybe even laptop battery hot!
It seems they found hot curries and chiles already in the northwestern India region when they arrived. Although some historians have opined that the Portuguese introduced hot chiles to India, there’s a lot of evidence to the contrary. Including hot curry recipes that are 4,000 years old.
Here endeth the history lesson. Time for a recipe that highlights the heat and the flavor of Parsi dishes.
Watch your tongue on this one! You may want to sneak up on the heat by trying the dish with only one chile, the first time. Or even less, depending on how attached you are to your tastebuds.
All you confirmed chileheads, you get to take it straight!
Tomorrow: Food Follies! Until then, remember:
It’s Hotter Underground!
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