Whew!!! Last minute entry for today’s prompt.
There really is nothing as spicy as street food. Whether it’s the vada pao, misal or bhajiyas from my current hometown – Pune or it’s Lucknow’s chaat, sprout bhel, khasta, chana jor garam or baati chokha – it just has to be hot hot hot.
Take a look…
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| Chillies occupy pride of place amidst the chana and the masala is to die for. |
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| Spicy Tea.. anyone? |
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Some Magi to go along with that tea.. or will it be a bread pakora
or boiled eggs or aaloo vadas? |
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Pack some baati chokha off the streets. Baatis (Litti in Bihar) are crisp
dough balls with a filling of spicy ‘sattu’ that go perfectly with the chokha
which is a baigan-aaloo bharta with a liberal sprinkling of green chillies
that bring on the hicupps and make your nose run. |
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… and finally the khasta teams up perfectly with potato sabzi which also
has a liberal sprinkling of green chillies.
Oh and the jalebis are here for two reasons.. One, I figured you might want some
meetha after all that spice and two, khasta-jalebi is a combination that has always
been a combination here in Lucknow. There’s never one without the other. |
