11/14/2022 0 Comments Pixa a leela of her own![]() And the story of Moonshine Meadery (Mm) - Asia’s first, and India’s only meadery in Pune, is a fine example of that grit. It takes immense courage to foray into uncharted territory. Moonshine Meadery: The new reason for a toast & cheer And if it brings Rishi Kapoor over for a meal, that’s always an added bonus. His efforts have paid off, and how.Īs for his mother Nafisa, cooking and feeding guests gives her immense satisfaction. While Munaf jokes about hogging most of the limelight and press coverage, he’s quick to admit that it’s only because of his parents, who got the food quality under control, that he could focus on building a brand that is synonymous with authentic (and tasteful) Bohri food, a cuisine that is rarely found outside of the community. #PIXA A LEELA OF HER OWN UPGRADE#Following its success, TBK has also raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding, which will help them upgrade to a bigger commercial kitchen and a larger work force. #PIXA A LEELA OF HER OWN TRIAL#But with a lot of trial and error, Munaf and team made it work. “The entire experience of setting up and running a kitchen is very challenging.” Standardising Nafisa’s recipes for the staff to cook at the central kitchen was equally difficult. Sounds easy? Apparently not, reveals Munaf. Recently, TBK opened its first retail outlet at Kamala Mills. The home kitchen still operates over the weekend, and has hosted Bollywood celebrities like Farah Khan, Ashutosh Gowarikar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali for a meal. Finding the idea of a restaurant “capital heavy”, they slowly expanded to a central kitchen in Worli, which caters to the takeaway business. That’s when the Kapadias realised that they were onto something big. Over the next few weekends, Munaf tested the waters by inviting more people home, and continued to receive rave reviews from diners, the press and prominent food critics, making TBK the ultimate home-dining experience for traditional Bohri food in the city. So one weekend, he invited a few friends over for a paid three-course meal, which turned out to be a runaway hit. The idea of TBK took off in late 2014, with Munaf wanting to keep his mother away from addictive soap operas, and get her a “fun hobby” instead. Well, his mother, Nafisa Kapadia holds the secret, and the recipe to her smoked kheema samosas, the legendary raan (leg of lamb) in red masala and the dum biryani, which have taken Mumbai by storm. So, for someone who can barely cook to save his life, what’s the secret behind his super successful food start-up, The Bohri Kitchen (TBK)? #PIXA A LEELA OF HER OWN SERIES#What does success have to do with samosas? Nobody knows the answer better than 29-year-old Munaf Kapadia, who says, “In three years I’ve gone from being an account strategist at Google to someone who sells samosas and biryani for a living.” Munaf, who recently won the reality TV series ‘Grilled’ - a show for aspiring food entrepreneurs on Fox Life, also made it to the cover of the Forbes magazine. Munaf Kapadia, founder of The Bohri Kitchen, with Nafisa Kapadia, his mother. ![]()
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