The Fisherfolk Festival in Mumbai  By    |   Tuesday, April 12,
2011 Filed under: Food and Drink Tags: , , , , , , ,  Every year
in January and February the Kolis, Mumbai’s Fisherfolk,
celebrate their annual festival. Each community has its own
celebration. I visited the one in Mahul near Chembur.The other
places where it is held are Versova and Mahim.  Kolis on this
day don colorful clothes and the women wear their expensive
jewellery, items which are also their investments.The younger
generation is now educated as engineers, doctors, fashion
designers and hospitality industry professionals. Some of the
women speak excellent English.  The minute I entered, I saw
stalls on either side.The Kolis were selling seafood made in
their traditional style with Koli masala, which was being sold
there as well. While it had the color red, it wasn’t very spicy.
There were crabs, lobsters, squid,clams, pomfrets, and king
fish, with the diishes all being made, then and there and the
taste and aroma was phenomenal.  The Koli