IndiaOrganix (Brighton)
| Name | Prakash Omari |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | www.indiaorganix.org |
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IndiaOrganix is an Indian food brand created by Sanjay Kumar of MIKA & Co in Brighton, Sussex. IndiaOrganix was set up to promote & market the organic produce of India's traditional spice gardens, spice workers cooperatives, tribal spice producers and street traders, and SAARC funded tribal wildcrafting projects. IndiaOrganix works in partnership with traditional Indian spice houses sourcing the finest organic spice produce grown and harvested by grass-roots farmer's groups. We also work with the best British curry houses in promoting the fine spice ingredients grown in North East India and the distictive cooking styles of the 'seven sister states' of the Indian subcontinent. The Seven Sister States are a region in northeastern India, comprising the tea and spice growing regions of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. The core business activity of IndiaOrganix is the Indian spice trade; a commercial activity of ancient origin which involves the merchandising and marketing of India's culinary spices and herbs. IndiaOrganix is a traditional British Asian family business based in Brighton and Tripura (India). This i-genius profile is maintained by and for the staff of IndiaOrganix. We hope you enjoy reading the blogs. For further details about IndiaOrganix visit www.indiaorganix.org
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September:
03.09.2008
No need to spice it up: a product that sells itself
03.09.2008
The delicious diversity of Indian nosh....
02.09.2008
Mughlai food cooked the IndiaOrganix way.....
01.09.2008
Why have you named the IndiaOrganix curry house in Brighton Maharaja of Tripura?
August:
What are the 'bits' in your pilau rice?
posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:14 AM
Author: Sanjay Kumar, Brighton
IndiaOrganix pilau rice may contain whole green cardomom pods, cinnomon sticks, and bay leaves. These are cooked with the rice to infuse the wonderful smells of these classic aromatics.
One of the earliest literary references to pilau rice can be found in the histories of Alexander the Great from Macedonia when describing Bactrian (an Eastern Iranian province probably the birthplace of Alexander's wife Roxana and geographically in modern Afghanistan) hospitality. Uzbek "plov" is often considered to be one of the oldest preparations of rice which has Persian or Turkic roots. It was known to have been served to Alexander the Great upon his capture of the Sogdian capital of Marakanda (modern Samarkand). Alexander's army brought it back to Macedonia and spread it throughout Eastern Europe.
The Moghuls introduced many Persian dishes to the Indian subcontinent including ornate and fragrant rice dishes. Pulao (sometimes spelt 'pulav') is a South Asian dish made of rice. It may be made with peas, potatoes, mutton, beef or chicken. It is usually served on special occasions and weddings and is very rich, decadent. Meat pulao is a North Indian tradition, especially among the Muslim population.
Biryani is an Indian and Pakistani dish very similar to pilav introduced during the Moghul period. IndiaOrganix biryani's are made from Himalyan basmati (Hindi for 'Queen of Fragrance') or similar aromatic rice.
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