Kupa (tuna) Biryani and Koshimbir
This specialty from Worli Koliwada, Mumbai, combines fresh tuna available in the region with flavourful spices and seasoned rice. Shraddha Patil, a 49-year-old Anganwadi teacher, decodes the recipe for us.
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‘Aai loved eating the really small fish’
Shraddha Patil’s modaks and puran polis are popular festive fares in Mumbai’s Worli Koliwada. Feasting on kupa biryani, Oishika Roy learns about how Shraddha’s kitchen came to be, her mother’s delicious kanji, and the ways of communal cooking.
The Changing Tides of the Worli Koliwada
Join Sreyasi Mukherjee as she walks through an 800-year-old fishing village in Mumbai as part of The Locavore’s Worli Koliwada Project with RPG Foundation.