I want my Dosa

Here I am in Delhi and I cant stop thinking about Masala Dosa, Set Dosa, Puri Sagu. I really did not realize that I am such a big foodie.  And seriously I have been  blessed and  staying with people  who  are foodies  and  dont compromise on food. Food in Delhi is  awesome althought nothing similar  to what I have in Bangalore. There are so many varities of  Dal here  that shopping for them  felt like I it was a toy shop and I didnt know  whether to buy transformers and beyblades. (Yes I like toys for those who  still didnt know  that and yes someone still owes me a remote controlled car)

Yummy Dosa

Back to the topic I have  had some most  amazing stuff in Delhi be it the  Bread Pakoda next to my office (with  amazing  panneer in between) and Khasta Roti …yummy stuff.. I have  had the same problem in  Pune and now  in Delhi. With every region, people  eat so many different things for breakfast its not  funny. If Pune at the yummiest  Misal Pav, Sabudana Khichdi & Poha..Delhi seems much different with Alu Parantha, Batura , Broken Wheat Porridge (Dhaliya ) and what not.

What I love about the commercialization and commoditization we at least  get water which tastes similar everywhere and of good quality. I remember going to Madras as a kid for my summer holidays and I suffered so badly those two months with weird tasting water of chennai. I love the water at my ancestral place, sweet and soft on your throat. Its really a pleasure to get there , get to the well and pull out an entire “Kodapana” (not finding any equivalent word for this in English) and drink it.

And as they say when you think of something you attract similar thoughts. Got a mail about Gowri – Ganesha  Habbad oota.  Imagine this you are alone in  a city and want to celebrate your  festival like you do at home and you go pick up the entire food range for that festival . Marvelous  idea !!! Wish it was there at  Delhi too.Do check out the websites rural menu. Pathrode, Kadubu, Akki & Ragi Rotti . I am sure most of  my good friends are salivating at this point. (esp all the mangloreans)

I distinctly remember our travel plans  affected  more by the eateries on the route than by places to visit. Every visit to mysore is a gastronomical piligrimage for me. I need to visit Mylary and eat his super yummy dosas else I feel i have earned myself a place in hell. From there to this small lane  behind Rajkamal Talkies where he makes the most unique of the chats. Garlic CHakli, Nippat masala, Sev Puri and every concieveable  chat with a taste thats is  so different from what one would expect , yet at the same time yummy. An open mind and an empty  stomach will ensure a  brilliant experience.

Actual Shreyas Thali

And then there is Pune, a place blessed with amazing thali places . From the traditional marathi menus(not manoos ) of Shreyas, rich meal of  Panchvati Gaurav, crazy indian thali at Sukantha & wannabe south Indian experiments of  Rupali-Vaishali me and my partners in crime have had many a brunches after  a dinnerless night. We clearly believed in getting the maximum for our  buck. And eat we would till our limbs refused to move. Nandus parantha at Dole patil road also  served many a late nights in those  two magnificient years. How can I miss Chocolate -n  Chocolate cake at Cake-n-Counter ? The yummiest chocolate cake on the planet. You will find this shop open for  only a fraction of  year, open for  roughly about 4 hours a day and selling about 6-7 of these  cakes a day .

For those of  you interested in cooking here is  a blog of a good friend and his  experiments at the kitchen. For  some reason those i get along with well are all food lovers. There is  some kind of food brotherhood that brings about a sense of  familiarity and trust. So this  post is  dedicated to all those people who take food very seriously out there .

All said and done I miss my Dosa at home.. Simple , Elegant and Filled with love

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