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What the Heck is Molecular Gastronomy Anyway?

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at UDelhi chapter.

Dehydrators, foamers, vacuumisers, syringes, microscopes—what could these equipment possibly have to do with cooking?

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Well, molecular gastronomy uses all these and more to experiment with textures and flavours. It’s all about exploring culinary possibilities by borrowing tools from science labs and ingredients from the food industry. Formally, molecular gastronomy is a scientific discipline that studies physical and chemical processes that occur while cooking.

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For those of you who are thinking, “This is too ornate for my palate,” stop and read on. You might find a dish meager in size but the variegated range of flavours is worth experiencing.

Liquid nitrogen, techniques like Spherification are used to create some pretty cool stuff—the kind you’d have only seen in those fancy episodes of MasterChef Australia.

Jackfruit kebabs with mango flavoured foam, rajkachori with pumpkin foam, dehydrated meetha paan encased in gujiya-shaped candyfloss, frozen phirni, resplendent arrays of deconstructed cocktails and mocktails—we are fixated already.

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There are only a few restaurants in the National Capital Region (NCR) where you can dabble in molecular gastronomic food including AzimuthSmoke House Room, and Farzi Café.

The food is experimental, but equally refulgent. Go for the experience, for cleansing your palate, and tickling your taste buds. Bon Appetit!

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Arushi is a student of commerce at IP College for Women, Delhi University. Her passion for entrepreneurial action and social enterprises flows through her work as the co-founder and strategic head of the Enactus chapter of her college. A self-confessed chocoholic and an obsessive marketing freak, she dabbles in a lot of things with the hope of learning something new and exciting. A good book in one hand and a hot cuppa in another always help her convalesce whenever she feels a bit lost.