Thursday, March 1, 2018

Chutney With a Sprinkle of Red Ants !?

Have you ever eaten red ants? If not, maybe this video will spark your taste buds ?

Chutney
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Chutney is a simple ingredient that makes a remarkable difference to an Indian dish. According to the article, "Pantry Essentials: All About Chutney" By Andrew Wheeler, a mango chutney is composed of yogurt, mint, green chilli and cilantro. This sauce is is occasionally added on top to any dishe, although most prefer adding spices to it to heighten up the flavor just like Gordon Ramsay's video below.

The video below shows our favorite chef and food critic, Gordon Ramsay in the mist of the jungle in Bastar, India tasting a homemade chutney dish. Ramsay described that the food collected are: red ants, red ant eggs, salt, ginger and red chilly. The blood sucking ants are enriched with protein and it is a regular source of food for many India.


Lamb Brain


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Eating the brain of a lamb is a another common plate you will find in India. Writer, Sushmita Sengupta from the article, "Bheja Fry, The Spicy Goat Brain Dish Which Is Hyderabad's Speciality". Sengupta described the ingredients to this dish consists of: pistachios, almonds, cilantro, egg, chilli sauce, and "Graham Marsala" (Sengupta, 201) and spices. The video below shows, Vahchef prepping the Bheja Fry.





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