Sunday, June 28, 2009

Food on Voyage!!!!

I am back! I am back... :)

I was on a trip to Simla, Kullu and Manali.. I could feel heaven under my foot. :) why wont it be! when the climate was so chill and could see nothing but greenery, all absolutely unlike chennai. ;) And yeah the first touch of snow brought a miraculous feeling in me. I am still not out of it. ;)

I am really proud to say that I am an Indian and India is lovely. Lot of difference in culture, dressing, climate, look and feel and last but not the least FOOD.

Saw a lot of interesting varieties and clicked a few of them.

Just thought of sharing the pics taken on the go :)



MOMO




Had these momos in simla. :) Momo is a Tibetan or Napalese dumpling made out of maida(all purpose flour) dough and is filled with lot of combinational food. It was available in both veg and non-veg make of it. They served it with white sauce and a green chutney. :)

I just loved it. :) I am sure I would try it out soon. :)


KURKEJ


This one was totally a new dish for me. Its kind-of vegetable Kebab-ish dish. It tasted a little similar to veg cutlets. But was really good too eat it hot with white sauce, green chutney and a red chutney. It best suits for a cold place like simla. ;)


GOL GAPPA (pani puri)


This can be called as the No. 1 street food of India. Visit any state or city in India, you would find a stall, shop or even just a pot covered with red cloth having this dish. :)

Gol gappa as it is called locally is one of the tastiest chat I ever cherish. Its a double purpose dish which would quench your thirst as well as satisfy your hunger. ;)

The puri is made of suji and wheat flour/maida. The filling depends on your taste. The pani is either sweet(meti) pani or hot(gharam) pani.


AALOO TIKKI


Aaloo tikki was available on the way to simla. This specific stall was in front of Pinjore garden. The lovely golden yellow color of it would challenge anyones resistance to oily food. Bet no one can eat just one. ;)

They serve this with tomato sauce and if you are a person who would like it hot, they add chilly powder to it too. :)


DHODA

Dhoda is a famous sweet of Northern India. This is a milk based sweet with some nuts and sometimes grated vegetables to it to give the different taste.

I visited Bikanervala a very famous sweet shop in Delhi. I could not resist at the mouth watering varieties of sweets and savories they had. Yummmm they looked and tasted too. Especially this one. :) I can serve you one if you come home right away.


ANAR BHOG


MALAI BIDA



GOLI SODA

Tanda mathlab Goli soda.. This should have been the quote those days.. :) This is a very old yet very interesting drink for the summer. It is simply soda water. If lemon is added to it, it is called lemon soda. If it has additional food color, then it is called color soda. :)

The bottle is designed to hold a goli(Glass marble) on its neck, very close to the place we sip it, which is an absolute attraction to it. ;)

Its simply a no Bandha drink that would quich the summer thirst. :)


BREAD BAJJI

Hot bread bajjis were sold in mall road - Manali.

Had a short walk on the mall road on a lovely cold evening. Its such a picture perfect situation that you can imagine. Wouldn't it be so blank to be empty handed for a hunger freak like me. Yeah.... so imagine a bread bajji on my hand that I would relish with some tomato sauce.. :) Now its a perfect snack too.


RAVA IDLY

I seriously got bored with 8 days of bread sandwitches in the morning. Badly wanted some change, so being a south Indian I wanted to have some dish of my kind. So had these yummy and fluffy rava idlis at Sagar Ratna hotel in Chandigarh. :)


ONION UTHAPPAM WITH TRI COLOR CHUTNEY


Ended up the tour at Delhi, with yet another south Indian delicacy. Onion uthappa was so soft and nice and went so well with all the three flavoured chutneys. :) I loved the green(Coriander) one the most. :)

The trip was a very memorable one with a lot of adventure, fun and food. :)

Will be back with a bang of dishes and recipes ASAP.

Written by: Nithya
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26 comments:

  1. Good that u had nice trip.. and mouthwatering dishes.. Nice to see all the pictures. Feeling hungry seeing all these at same time.. Lovely clicks..

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  2. Wow seems like you had lot of fun, goli soda made me nostalgic, we used have this all the time when visited my mom's native place

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  3. Lovely post Nithya. Hope you enjoyed delicious food and had a gr8 time :)

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  4. Nice feast for the eyes...So Enjoyed ur trip???
    Looks like you had lots of fun..

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  5. wow! What a feast ...:) Lovely post

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  6. Wow... first time here! Cozy pictures.. I just adore momos and aloo tikki.. I wish I could grab a piece from each :)

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  7. What a wonderful treat for the eyes!!! Good to know you had a great trip :)

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  8. all of the food from this trip looks so amazing

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  9. Hope you had a great time there and enjoyed those delicious dishes.

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  10. Woww.... looks amazing...Lovely post Nithya... gr8 work :)

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  11. looks simple....those flowers look cute

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  12. very good! Loved all the pics! The momos look like dumplings!

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  13. Nithiii!! What food!! :D You are tempting one poor lil kid on a diet... Next time you make a trip, you better take me along !!
    Yummm!!!

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  14. I have also added you to my list of phenomenal blogs...

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  15. You have a lovely blog dear...Thanks 4 dropping by my blog and for the lovely comments...Your blog is really good...All the posts are really good...Nice 2 knw u...

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  16. Hey guess what? I made momos today and will post the recipe soon.

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  17. wow what a trip you had yaar very tempting pic s.
    Especially that golgappa and sweet pic. mmmm yummy

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  18. Nice to hear you had a gr88 trip.. n yummy foods... nice clicks...

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  19. Hi Nithya....you are truly talented dear.. I saw you both the blogs and both are amazing....love you very space very much ....feeling like learning some paper art from you...keep rocking...and thanks dear for visiting my space hope to see you again...

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  20. Hey i like this post a lot!!!.....super write ups too!! :)

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  21. Nithya,
    thx for stopping by my little space. Your blog is superb..... ur pics reminds me of india....And how much i miss india..batha bhi nahin sakthi........:(.....

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  22. hmmmm I miss india even more now. these are soooo tempting.... i am going to india in 2 weeks and i am gonna hog like crazy hehe

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  23. Even I have been to bikanerwala and sagar ratna..Bikanerwala is one shop where I always end up confused seeing the variety of sweets as to which to buy and which to leave out for next trip/..also sagar ratna is chandigarh is a very nice south indian hotel and we didnt miss south indian food even a bit during our 2 day stay there..glad you enjoyed ur trip and had fun..

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  24. wowww, so many things here ..absolutely mouth watering & the sweets yaaa !!!

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  25. awesome.. every item is mouth watering :)

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