East or west, Indian 'dal' is the best, says UK author

Prasun Sonwalkar

London, Oct 18 (PTI) After travelling across the globe
and tickling taste-buds from all culinary corners of the
world, British author Simon Majumdar has come to the
conclusion that there is no better comfort food than the
simple Indian 'dal'.

The half-Welsh, half-Bengali Majumdar calls his
favourite food LSD, or Life Saving Dal. He will be
demonstrating his family's 'dal' recipe and regaling audiences
with tales of his culinary journeys at next week's Cowbridge
Food and Drink festival.

Majumdar travelled across the globe in his quest to
'go everywhere, eat everything'. It took him to over 30
countries, scouring hotels and eating houses for the best of
vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisines.

Simon's entertaining accounts of the experience have
been turned into a book, 'Eat My Globe'.

He has returned home to the conclusion that his
favourite dish is 'dal', a recipe cooked by Gwen John, his
late Welsh mother, who went to India with her Bengali doctor
husband and learned the best of Bengali cuisine.

"I'll be cooking LSD, Life Saving Dhal, at the food
festival, created and passed down via India, Rotherham and the
Rhondda, it's still the ultimate comfort food for me," Simon
told the media. (MORE) PTI PS
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