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Parsi New Year (Navroze)

The Parsi new year, with sev, ravo, patra ni machhi and dhansak, in a cuisine that blends Persian and Gujarati spice.

A tile drawn for this day, not a photograph.

Spices for Parsi New Year (Navroze)

Parsi families clean the house, put a garland on the door and sit down to a feast that mixes Persian and Gujarati memories. Fish in a green chutney of coconut, coriander, cumin and green chilli, steamed in a banana leaf (patra ni machhi), is the best-known festive dish. Sweet dishes include ravo, a semolina pudding with saffron, nutmeg, cardamom and rose water, and sev, vermicelli fried in ghee with sugar. Dhansak uses a dedicated masala of up to 20 spices. Parsi food shows how a small community can keep its own blend.

The spices

SaffronA Persian echo in ravo and festive rice.CuminGround into the green chutney for patra ni machhi.NutmegUsed in sweets such as ravo.

Also part of it, and being written: Dhansak masala (The long-ingredient Parsi blend.).

About this page

Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Parsi New Year" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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