Rick Stein's India

Episode 1

Kolkata and Chennai

59 mins

Chef Rick Stein starts his voyage trough India's cuisines and search for the best curry by asking what that term means in Calcutta, pointing out the British Indian restaurants are usually run by Bangladeshis. Rick enjoys real West Bengal cooking in the buzzing, dirt-poor metropolis, a creation of colonialism. Next it's off to Madras (now Chennai), the center of trade in spices and especially curry-y mixtures, no wonder it's dishes are extremely spicy, but also to his taste.