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SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Bhelpuri - Type 1
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 8, 2006
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    Bhelpuri is a snack you must try when you are in Mumbai. Get to Chowpatty Beach and try the variety of bhelpuris there and it goes well with the beach.

    Found some description of bhelpuri from the net and here goes :
    "Puffed rice forms the base of the bhel. To this finely cut tomatoes, onions and chillies are added. To this some chutneys are added to give it a sweet or spicy flavour. Sev, a chick-pea based topping is sprinkled and garnished with coriander leaves. It is then served with toasted puris, (a wheat based bread, deep fried). The result is a sour/pungent/sweet taste. It is customary to wash down the bhelpuri with a serving of panipuri, a chaat."

    I will be describing the 3 types of bhelpuri I tried at Chowpatty Beach. It a must-eat at Chowpatty.

    The one you see in this picture is my favourite. I think this is known as panipuri. This chaat didn't come in with "complete" round shells. In fact, each of the shell wss chipped off at the top and they are filled with some fillings of chickpeas. And to complete the dish, yogurt was poured onto the "stuffed" shells. Well, I am feeling really hungry will I recall how it tasted like.

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  • Address: Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai
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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Snacks with Tea
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 9, 2006
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    In Mumbai, you can get good tea with snacks in a nice air-conditioned environment at the Tea Centre in Churchgate area. There is even live music by the blind pianist. The food there is towards the more high-end one.

    The Tea Centre serves all types of Indian tea and you will be spoilt of choices. There is also a long list of snacks for you to choose from. I tried their samosa and apple pie.

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  • Address: Resham Bhavan, 78, VN Road, Churchgate, Mumbai
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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Mutton Roast with Tandoori Roti
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 5, 2006
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    Mutton Roast and Tandoori Roti
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    Jaffer Bhai's Delhi Darbar is a take-away joint. The boss, Jaffer Bhai owns a chain of takeaways. It is a non-vegetarian takeaway and it serves all types of food. Its menu is impressive and usually you will not know what to order. A well-known dish, according to its brochure is the signature mutton briyani.

    We bought this on the way to Aadil's place. The next dish as well. Their Mughlai dishes, as well as desserts are really delicious.

    Mutton Roast - Rs. 70
    Tandoori Roti - Rs. 10

    Mutton Roast :
    A soup-base curry dish with lots of chuncky and juicy mutton. Best eaten with Indian bread. A bit saltish if you eat it on its own.

    Tandoori Roti :
    A thick Indian bread served with curries. Usually eaten in the North. The roti is baked in the tandoor oven.

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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Omelette with Toasts - South Indian Style
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 8, 2006
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    Got tired of Indian food? This is a western dish. Yes, omelette with toasts. There is nothing special with the omelette but do take note of the sauce. You will be served two types of sauce. Tomato and chilli. Tomato sauce is red and the chilli, green. The green chilli sauce looks cool to me. Perhaps they use green chillis instead of the red ones for the sauce.

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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Butter Garlic Naan
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 8, 2006
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    The naan is a flatbread made of wheat flour/yeast. Naan originates from North India but it is widely eaten in the country. The naan in India is baked in a tandoor oven by sticking the dough on to the oven wall. Well, maybe that explains the tastiness of the naan.

    Although it is just a plain bread, I like it very much. Even without any chutney, dhal or curries. There are many variations to the naan. In this picture, it is the butter garlic naan which obviously, butter and garlic are added to it.

    Naan usually goes with cooked dishes like some "gobi" dishes.

    I paid Rs. 40 for this butter garlic bread. Expensive here at this restaurant.

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  • Address: Nagin Mahal, 82 V.N. Road, Churchgate, Mumbai
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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Kulfi - Indian Ice Cream
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 8, 2006
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    Kulfi is Indian home-made ice-cream. I first tasted them at Chowpatty Beach too. There is a long list of different flavours you can pick from and the one I ate as shown in the first picture is the plain original kulfi topped with a sauce which tasted a liitle like condensed milk. It is known as malai kulfi. What is so special about kulfi is that it is very creamy and it is "spicy", meaning, cardomon, a type of spice is one of the ingredients.

    I read that the kulfi went to India from Persia.

    Absolutely yummy. Must try.

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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Paan
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 8, 2006
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    Bee asked Umashanker, "How does the Paan taste like?"

    Umashankar replied, "Paan in your pic is 'sweet paan' with perumed bettle nuts,sweet dates,gulukand etc, like by ladies,children and sober people.Yes i eat paan with tobbacco. It's not sweet but intoxicating and addictive too."

    Anyway, you will see Paan stalls everywhere in India, not just Mumbai. Most Indians have tasted Paan, I guess, as there are so many people selling them. I dare not try it as the bloody red of the bettle nuts kinda puts me off.

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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Onion Uttapam
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 8, 2006
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    Onion Uttapam is made of the same batter as the plain dosa. Add the onions and other stuffs like carrot bits, tomatoes, green chillis into the batter. The uttapam is thicker than the dosa and it tastes good. Probably due to the fragance of the onion when it's cooked/fried. Most eat it with coconut chutney and sambar. I like it plain though.

    It was yummy and easily found everywhere.

    Try it!

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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Chicken Tikka with Naan
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  • Updated By bkoon on March 5, 2006
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    This combination of Chicken Tikka and Naan was Aadil's supper.

    Chicken Tikka :
    This dish is also from the tandoor oven. Looks a bit dry but do not be deceived by its looks as I saw that "yummy" look on Aadil's face when he was having that. Must be good.

    Naan :
    This is also an Indian bread. Naan is a flat bread and goes well with curry dishes as well. It is made of white flour and baked in a tandoor (clay) oven as well. Wrap the chicken tikka with the naan and open your mouth real wide. Eat it while it's hot, else, it will get chewy.

    Chicken Tikka - Rs. 80
    Naan - Rs. 10

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    SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE: Masala Dosa
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    One of my favourite foods during my trip. Although I do eat dosa (known as "toh-say" in my country) here in Malaysia / Singapore, I still find that it cannot be compared to the original masala dosa I get in India. Very crispy. Masala dosa is basically a South Indian "tiffin". I did not have the chance to peep into the kitchen but I guess the flat non-stick pan which the restaurant used must be huge as the masala dosa is indeed humongous.

    Masala dosa is usually eaten with onion and coconut chutney. Again, I like it plain.

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