A menu with memories: Remembering the departed through their favourite food
The reason is that dhansak is traditionally made after a death and would seem inauspicious at weddings.
Synopsis
When many mourners gather, often from far, they get hungry. Since the immediate family may be too grief-stricken to cook, food is brought by friends or caterers.
Fans of Parsi food, who are n’t Parsi themselves, are often surprised not to find dhansak at wedding feasts. The reason is that dhansak is traditionally made after a death and would seem inauspicious at weddings. Parsis must find it simply logical to save such a satisfying dish for those moments when their mood most needs lifting. Foods and funerals are closely linked. When many mourners gather, often from far, they get hungry. Since the
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