Instead, bring me a bottle of Bengali mustard sauce. On my flight back to Mumbai, I decided to rediscover the lost glorious taste of this ‘inglorious mustard’. Char-Grilled Lemon Mustard Pomfret Pictures: Rashbehari DasWhile the origin of mustard happened in the era of the ancient Mediterranean civilisation, the Romans imported the custom of using table mustard to Gaul, that’s roughly present day France. In modern times, when ketchup and sauces were much preferred with deep-fried spicy treats, this inglorious mustard sauce became the answer to the ketchup, used by chefs across the world. Today, it is important to revive this old lost saga of this ‘inglorious mustard’ sauce and make it a ‘glorious’ one because it is a tradition worth preserving.

Source: The Telegraph November 16, 2019 14:37 UTC