Mini Mathur and Saransh Goila discuss food across TV, web and social media

Chef Saransh Goila and TV personality Mini Mathur at Silver Beach Cafe Juhu PicsPradeep DhivarThe glass walls overlooking a quiet street at Silver Beach Cafeacute are misty Chef Saransh Goila is early and orders a plate of Eggs Benedict Beetroot Cous Cous Salad and a glass each of orange and carrot juice choices that TV host Mini Mathur is happy with when she walks in The last time we met we were both drunk Mathur says animatedly Both TV stars are currently hosting digital food shows Goila has married his two loves mdash fitness and food mdash for his Facebook show Run to Eat Singapore Mathur has been cooking with Bollywood stars for her show The Mini Truck One is a trained chef and the other a home cook but when they speak their love for rich traditional food takes overSabhnani How did an erstwhile vegetarian chef move to selling butter chickenGoila In Delhi my vegetarian family was tired of eating sweet paneer So I smoked the gravy for them Thats how I came up with it My friends in Mumbai loved it We are actually Goels my greatgrandfather changed it to Goila When I was opening Goila Butter Chicken my dad got calls asking him Cant he just call it Saranshs Butter Chicken Once I graduated I realised you cannot be a chef who is vegetarianMathur Mera butter chicken khaake dekho hum bhi Dilliwalle hai I am a Kayasth married to a Hyderabadi Both the families are very proud of traditional recipes I hate bastardised versions of food mdash if someone gave me Szechuan dosa Id spit on them Every Diwali I pickle six kilos of aloo or chana for achaar I will make some for you and you can give me butter chicken insteadSabhnani Your new shows are shot internationally thoughhellipMathur My next show Mini Me is about a bads mum travelling with her sevenyearold We went to 15 cities across six countries in Europe in 25 days It was originally shot for digital viewing but a channel picked it upGoila Run to Eat Singapore was originally supposed to be shot in India but I didnt get support from the state tourism boardsSabhnani You must have collected many stories while shootingGoila Once on an uphill trek in Himachal we saw a tree full of apples As soon as I plucked one I slipped I quickly grabbed a branch or I would have rolled down the hill Things you do for apples and shotsMathur Sunny Leone is such a cool woman When she shot for my show she said things like Now lets grind I had to control my crew Sabhnani Was the shift to digital platforms a natural progressionMathur Digital is the future The problem is figuring out how to monetise itGoila Every time I enter a house party there is a group of people watching something on their phones My mom wants a ChromecastMathur People are waking up to the fact that watching TV at an appointed time is not necessary Eggs Benedict Beetroot Cous Cous Salad and juices arriveGoila My plate looks beautiful They have made an effortMathur Do you always shoot your food before you eat The whole thing of lets tuck in yaar is not happening any moreSabhnani The impact of social media is hugeGoila People explore social media and not colleges for learning which is fine But one out of 100 people succeeds that wayMathur I mostly find positivity on Instagram and YouTube Twitter is a different universeGoila Sometimes you have to choose to ignore it trolls Its also driven by brands and PRMathur Today you can backslap a star online and say Hey I dont like your moustacheSabhnani Do looks matterGoila I am not the bestlooking chef in the country I generally believe in fitness I used weigh 93kg You cant judge a chef by his belly thoughMathur If you are goodlooking it cant harm youSabhnani Dilliwallahs take on Mumbais foodMathur I love Maharashtras coastal cuisine Mumbai should give up on chaat vada pav is your thing The Mughlai scene is better in the northGoila The international cuisine spread is better in MumbaiMathur Eat food at the place where it comes from Dont go asking for vada pavs in Delhi