Now here’s the thing, whenever I make any type of Choka or chutney, I like to let it sit for a bit so that the flavours could meld/set-up, about half an hour.

Fish Choka is fish that has been cooked, bones removed, flaked, and mixed with aromatics and fresh herbs. That’s it. I told you, it is food made simple.

Choka Fest, an annual Indian Arrival breakfast celebration, will serve sada roti with a range of choka, including baigan, tomatoes, aloo, coconut, salt-fish and smoked herring this year.

Choka Fest to explore traditional dishes. What is this I exclaimed like Denyse Plummer contemplating the unthinkable. It was a headline in a local newspaper and I wondered whether it ...