Monsoon Cravings...

.. thinking myself to be one great writer (read tweeker), blogger of some sort...I write on topics which would make other appreciate and enjoy what I write... but a minute later, I realize that I am a foodie (# 1 khaau) basically... so writing and updating on food is what enthralls me...

.. come monsoon & people will give you all sort of 'gyan', avoid eating on roadside, it's an open invitation to all sorts of diseases... but yeh dill kahan maanta hai, aur woh be apne jaison ka.. right?? Rains means food... I crave for typical monsoon food...

... pipping hot dal-wadas... a squadron of fried green chili peeping, waiting anxiously in the 'thali', ready to attack your intestines...winking at you, as if saying, aao yaar muajhe chakho to sahi bhai... mazaa aayega..yumm !!..

... 'karari' paapdi chaat or bhel' on sidewalk, in light drizzle, trying to squeezing yourself under that 5 holed garden umbrella...which is already a shelter to 4 other 'khaoos & petoos' like you is worth a try... water dripping from the top, soaking your bhel, thereby making it perfect with each falling drop... what an experience...

...garma-garam bhajias, then three are a whole variety of them, right from the common, tasteless 'aaloo' ones to more exotic 'mirchi', 'pyaz', 'phool gobi', 'palak', ' diced tamatar', 'baingan bhajiyas' ...

do try the (unheard) layered bhajiyas this monsoon, here the guy places a 'gobi' floret between sliced 'pyaz' and 'tamatar', dips in the batter and deep fries.. all three together... he also makes pakoras with 'Maggie noodles'... they are just yumm... you get it at only 1 place in Ahmedabad... we all go there... the list goes on....

Non vegetarians can relish fish pakoras, prawn pakoras (prawns are filled with grated cheese, onion, garlic & green chili mix stuffed inside... perfect is the word!! While deep frying, the pakoras burst and cheese oozes out... these taste best with 'kakdee aur hari mirch ki chatni'  hummmm.. muh may paani aa gaya :)    

...roasted makai, another of my favorite, with yellow butter and special (hygienic masala) sprinkled on top, 'momos' is another delicacy enjoyed best in monsoon, its traditionally a Tibetan dish, vegetables or minced meat is the filling, this goes in a 'poori' and made into half moon shaped crescents, then steamed over chicken stock / tomato soup (for that special ting and aroma) in a special cooker...

...leave aside regular 'samosa', 'dabeli', 'vada-pav', for now and go for these monsoon special delicacies... take me along too :)


...all of these must be accompanied with a 'Chai'.. this India bhai.. here you get 'masala chai, adraak wali chai, elaichi chai, kadaak-meethi, etc. etc..

...enjoy these when its drizzling, eat till you are drenched...

Happy Monsoon!!!