During the making of my documentary film "End of the Raaj", I asked the participants to list their favourite Anglo-indian food. This short film is about anglo-indian cuisine.
My Naani was Anglo. She married a Lahori Brahmin in Bareilly back in the 50s. She passed away 3 days back and I am shattered. 🙏🙏🙏pls pray for our Family! I was very close to her. I used to go to stay with her in Shimla and Amballa whenever I had vacations from my Mumbai school days. On one occasion in the village they stuck a wild boar in the fields! And then they gave my Naani the choicest back leg of the boar. She then made a dish called Wild Boar Pickcle! It was the tastiest stuff I have ever eaten in my life! I must have finished that entire jar of wild boar pickle in 3 days! I ate it all day. Just yum! 😛😛
Thanks for this video. It made me nostalgic with memories going back to my childhood. I am an Anglo Indian but have not been able to keep much of my heritage. Now in Canada, but my childhood was in Chunar, a small city near Allahabad, my grandpa was a railway man who like many other Anglo Indian's from the railways, settled in Chunar. Sarah
My naanis father was also In the railways. They were the heritage thaT has made the Indian Railways such a success today! But the food I really miss I'd the dak bunglawroast etc
Hey glad too meet up another anglo indian... would love to share our recipes with you.. wanna try some salt beef or salt pork this Christmas? Take care
Just watched this again after a long time. My mum's family are Anglo-Indian. Tracing them back 300 years, all surnames are English. Mumma came to the UK on her marriage in the 1930s. I grew up in London and this was our regular food. So many memories here. I had forgotten pish pash. Thank you so much!
Omg! I HAVE to show this to my Dad, Clayton Beale. In the early 70's he and my Mum Patsy (Patricia) opened up the first Indian spice shop and health food store in our area of western Sydney. I think mostly everyone in the Indian, Anglo-Indian, Pakistani, Anglo-Burmese communities as well as many others have and still know him or have at least bought stuff from him at one time. And one of his suppliers was a Jewish guy, Eze Moses. Later when I really acquired a taste for hotter food, my eyes were really opened up to his knowledge of the whole of Indian cooking, as everyone knows he's a walking encyclopaedia of that stuff. Charmaine Solomon he knew as well. If only I knew you were making this film a while ago I would have got him to speak to you too!
hamjamnspamalot2 Do you know a Mr. John Beale who used to teach at St. Paul’s High School in Rangoon, Burma? He had red hair and wore glasses. He was my teacher and I was quite fond of him then and still think about him. If you or anyone know him and if he is still around, then I’d love to communicate with him. Back in the day, I was known as Peter Madha and like him, I also had red hair and I also wore glasses. Now, I go by my birth name Usman Madha. Thanks in advance
Wow this made me go back to a time in my life when everything was good . Not a worry in the world . The anglo Indian food LOVE ANGLO INDIAN PEOPLE N CULTURE. one day I'll go back to India 🙏🙏🙏
I enjoyed reading all the information given by the Anglo Indian from various parts of India. It made me very home sick. I also learnt alot about the early years and the birth of the Anglo Indian community. It was very informative. Thanks for giving us the update.
It is soo nostalgic to see vids on The Anglo Indian community.... Miss my dad.... 'doll' and rice... My friends never understood what that was and I didn't understand why they were not aware of the dal hehehe... We used to have this person come in every Sunday from whom dad would, With utmost care buy smoked cheese, bakharkhani.... Ohhh this has just opened the flood gates to beautiful memories..
Ah...my lovely Nana made the best kofta curry, 'doll' & rice and of course Pish Pash too. Loved seeing my Cousin Br. Beddoe again! Great video @GoMoreFilms!:)
Grew up in Shillong with Anglos and studied in a convent so we used to lead a typical Anglo Indian kind of lifestyle. Yellow rice with meatballs at my neighbors, panthras-both made with mince or coconut and pishpash were my favourites.Jhalfrezi with simple 'dol'and rice,vindaloo with a dash of sweet mango chutney on a cold day are simple pleasures I can recall!
Pragya Deb Burman , I am an A.I from Calcutta and attended St. Mary’s College, Laitumkrah, Shillong, albeit many many years ago. 1947 to 1949. I was doing my Intermediate Science course although I used to go to St. Edmunds College for my science classes. The only other convent I remember was Loreto. Shillong at that time was idyllic. So peaceful, beautiful and tranquil. I am 87 now and living in London but will always cherish the time I spent in Assam. I am glad to hear you enjoy A.I. Cuisine.
How many will be willing to give up the comforts of the West & go to India & start life all over? !st of all, the Hindu's in India should accept that there are other religions in India that can co-exist with them.
I am a 3rd generation Indian descended from indentured labourers brought to Trinidad, West Indies, from India, to work on the sugar cane plantations after the abolishment of African Slavery. Our "Indian" foods here obviously are an adaptation of what my ancestors ate in India, and are quite nice, enjoyed by non-indian-descendants also. While the video was playing, I could have identified lots of similarities with the Anglo-Indian foods. Dhal, made with yellow split-peas imported from the USA is still popular here !
great food , great memories of old calcutta . the sunday lunch by the poolside of the dalhousie institute, calcutta was legendary : ball curry, yellow rice or palao, paparam, green salad, pantharas ,and a caramel custard pud for the kids. and of course, lots of beer and lots of good cheer.
Yes, I can just taste those Kati rolls from Nizams in Cal. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make them, every time I went to my uncles place in Cal, he would order them and we as kids would just be so excited.
My family always called Meat Ball Curry as Bad Word Curry! Never by it’s land colloquial term. Also sponge cake and beef devil fry, mince,peas and potatoes. Now that’s bringing back some good memories.
Thanks for the Vedio, Brown stew,potato chops stuffed with flattened meat and spices,Coconut rice ball curry and devil or green chillie chutney, Pepper fry,Dumpling stew,Brinjal bake,Rabbit stew, Doll rice and red fry,Duck or Turkey roast.Kutty pie,Tripe,Salted tongue and beef,Ding Ding are some of the Anglo indian ♥ delicacies that I know of Cheers 🍻 👍 👌
Oh and what about the Anglo style Fish Moloo (moili), with coconut rice and a hot bowl of Mulligatawny soup,topped with rice, lemon and shredded chicken?!
No mention of roast beef or even ox tongue roast? Bread pudding, plum cake for Christmas, Easter eggs, Kal -kals, ginger biscuits, caramel custard or chutney sandwiches? and is there a bit of Anglo in kichadi? Wow. Even papads got a variation in poppadums! Guys hang on. Mashed potato and cutlets seemed so rare now. Forgotten? Okay, okay, I'll settle for even yellow rice and ball curry.
What about the pork bhuni, prawn malli Tampradoo, 🦀crab curry, turtle cury, hilsa fish postoo curry, masala beef steak curry, beef Hossaney curry., madras curry with beef, coconut and curry leaves. Then for dinner it was mince mold, crochet beef, potatoe chops, fish cutlets, baked brinjal and tomato fillings with minced meat stuffings. With all the boiled vegetables, sweet chill tomato sauce, fresh bakers German loaf fish shape bread with blue margarine. Gone are those day's were my grandmother and mom loved looking. And it's an art. I brought beef for Re 1.25p a kilo. Those were the days every young and elderly woman would enter the church with a scarf on their heads. Such was the reverence and respect we had for God. And all in their best sunday dress. Men in tie or bow tie.
I’m technically Anglo Indian by way of America, (Indian father, mother of mixed Indian and English/German/Welsh Americans. Not culturally the same, but we share the same blood!
Great memories. Many , many thanks! Whatever i make comes nowhere to these ..Green Kofta Curry & Coconut Rice comes to mind.(amazing taste)..i recall Bandel Cheese also. (smoked cheese)
In families that have Christian heritage you can see a lot of these dishes. I see that in my family. I am not Anglo-Indian, but in a Christian family for about 5 generations. I see many of theses items in our food.
who says that AIs don't like English food? What about Roast, Steak, Grill, Irish Stew etc. .. and for heaven's sake stop calling it 'ball curry' .. it's kofta curry/yellow rice.
Dorothy to answer your question without being too legal, Anglo Indians are children of mixed parents where the male was English & the female was indian.They came into being as a community during the British rule in India & were defined in various legislations. It would not be correct to call us sad people hanging onto something. We are a happy community that represents a casual attitude to life with dance & music. But we are not without outstanding success as a talented community in Sport, industry, armed forces, the arts, education & so on. Many of us have emigrated abroad & have become global citizens. We have progressed as much as any other community, but like all humans we remember our childhood & in this instance we remember with nostalgia the delicious food of our community. We do not hang onto anything, we simply remember with nostalgia & joy the happy days of our childhood. Amidst our progress & success, we are not embarrassed about our past,we are in truth proud to be angloindian.
Before commenting make a proper study and gather your facts. We are far from sad people. We too come like any other human being with our sets of skills, talents and abilities which have helped us wherever we are settled now, whether in India or abroad. The unfavorable mindset and generalized views of the community do injustice to what we've contributed in the past and continue to contribute.
It seems that they intentionally buthered all those popular Indian names for those dishes and just weirdly anglosized them with fake accent and nonsensical names.....👍 But fine....nice🙏
