Photo Karen Graham.
Ambrose and Jess Pinto serve up authentic Indian cuisine at last month’s Millbrook Farmers’ Market.
Jess Pinto has been sharing her mother’s flavours for years at farmers’ markets in the region including Peterborough, Lakefield, Port Hope and now Millbrook. She prepares a variety of Indo-Canadian dishes from finger food, dips and snacks to meals to go, including her popular vegetable and meat samosas. Many of her products are gluten free, including fresh chickpea and sweet potato patties and spicy Jalapeno, zucchini or cauliflower balls. Meals to go include a variety of meat and vegetarian curry dishes. There are also sweet treats on offer to satisfy the sweet tooth. Her husband Ambrose helps at the markets but in the kitchen Jess is in charge, skillfully incorporating the intense flavours of India she remembers from her mother’s kitchen into dishes appreciated by modern palates.