ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton’s F&B Celebrations

Dakshin Promotes Manglorean Delicacies

EH&C Staff - Mumbai

ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton, Mumbai's seafood speciality restaurant Dakshin, recently put out some of the ethnic flavours of traditional homemade Manglorean delicacies. The restaurant that showcases authentic regional delicacies from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh featured an extensive a la carte menu by chef Murugesan Balasundaram.

Manglorean cuisine is typified by its well-blended curries incorporating various masalas such as baffat masala, mitmirsang and the dry roast masala (gassi). The three main ingredients of any Manglorean curry are coconut, red chilly and tamarind. Besides these various flavourings and tempering are added as a set combination to form a particular curry. Non-vegetarian curries are also prepared using green masala substituting red chilly with green chilly and adding a generous amount of coriander leaves to the masala.

During the promotion, some of the signature dishes on offer included meen gassi (murrel cubes marinated and simmered to order in a gassi gravy), jeegujee bezule (baby jackfruit marinated with red chilly, asafoetida and deep fried crisp), malla yetti bafat masala (lobster chunks cooked in dry roasted coriander, red chilly, coconut paste), yetti kempu bezule (prawns sautéed in medium sized onion with tomato masala), kori roti (chicken nuggets simmered in the basic Manglorean curry served with crispy rice or roti and maasa sukka (lamb cubes cooked dry and spicy in coarsely grounded coconut, red chilly, coriander paste).

ITC Toasts With Margaritas

EH&C Staff - Mumbai

ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton & Towers, Mumbai is currently hosting a margarita promotion at all the restaurants and Bombay High, the bar adjoining the conservatory lounge that serving a fine selection of international spirits and snacks with live entertainment. bar. During this period some of the best-known liqueur -based and fresh fruit based Margaritas will be on offer

Served frozen, the margarita is served with crushed ice; frozen fruit and is blended with fresh fruit, a liqueur, the flavour of the fruit and crushed ice. Most margaritas are lime flavoured, but strawberry and other fruit flavours are not uncommon.

Some of the Margaritas on offer include: The classic margarita with triple sec, fraise margarita with crã¨me de fraise, cacao margarita with crã¨me de cacao, poire margarita with pear liqueur, airelle rouge with cranberry, cerise margarita with cherry brandy, cassis margarita with crã¨me de cassis. The fruit based margaritas include: les orange margarita with fresh orange, ananas margarita with fresh pineapple, cantaloup margarita, with fresh melon, mangue margarita with fresh mango, kiwi margarita with fresh kiwis, banane margarita with fresh bananas.