If you’re a true East Indian (EI), the weekend is no time for slowing down and unwinding. No sir, we throw a party. And once a year, this party puts on the livery of a festival — bells, whistles and ghumats — because you would expect nothing less from a loud and proud community. This Saturday, the Mobai Gaothan Panchayat hosts its 14th annual East Indian Sann 2023, a three-in-one festival of food, music and football at the St Andrew’s grounds in Bandra.

The main attraction, the food festival and bazaar, will showcase quintessential East Indian fare including potato chops, bottle masala, pickles, letri, chitaps, khudi curry and more. Rita Rodricks, a food blogger at Rita’s Tales and food fest chief coordinator enthusiastically reveals a new addition to the festival, the live fugya counter by the only fugya experts — the women of the community. You’ll understand the sentiment once you bite into a fugya, a sweet and savoury deep-fried bread, fresh off the fire. Sann 2023 will also introduce for the first time, the recently launched Cray Cray by Adele Drego for healthy, homely and authentic EI dishes.