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Licence to grill: India takes to the barbecue And you thought barbecuing was too American to appeal to Indians, who love their tandoor, thank you very much. The reality is that more and more urban Indians are taking to the grill, especially in centres with high homecoming NRI populations such as Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon and parts of Mumbai. Even Delhi, which swears by its seekh and tandoors, has moved on to western-style grilling. While meticulously managed, sit-down dinners are not exactly passe, many hosts are now looking for ways to throw a more casual and activity-oriented party. Barbecuing has stepped in to fill the gap between anything-goes college parties and formal lunches and dinners. Rudreshwar Sen and his wife Alakananda throw a barbeque in the garden of their villa in Bangalore suburb Whitefield at least once a month. They also have friends and neighbours wheel their grill set over for joint DIY parties. We love the food, but more than that, the social aspect of barbecuing appeals to us. It is an activity around which conversation can flow, says Rudreshwar, who works in Infosys. Like most barbecuing families, the Sens have their own repertoire of signature dishes: their olive-infused chicken breast is almost always a hit and gets polished off along with others like beercan chicken (in which a whole marinated chicken is plonked on top of a beer can half filled with beer and then cooked, with the beery vapours adding aspecial flavour to the meat). Back |
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