Lagan Ka Kheema

The Parsi community is small in India, but their cuisine has some big stories to tell. The multicourse formal dinners at weddings feature saas ni machchi (pomfret in sweet-and-sour sauce) or the famous banana leaf–wrapped fish called patrani machchi, along with this festive ground-lamb dish smoked with charcoal, a kebab-studded goat pulao, and a thick dal. The meal would end with kulfi or lagan nu custard (a close cousin of crème caramel).