Nothing like north in Kochi: Shilpa Nair Anand

[prasad1]

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Punjabi Dhaba in Broadway is jam-packed at lunch-time. The crowd is a medley of non-Malayalis and Malayalis. Plates of piping hot aloo parathas, topped with a dollop of butter, follow each other out of the kitchen often accompanied by a glass of chilled lassi. At the Goli Vada Pav franchise on Salim Rajan Road, students and regulars queue up for vada pav. Specialty North Indian restaurant Dal Roti in Fort Kochi has become something of a must-go place. Established Udupi food restaurants such as Gokul Oottupura have incorporated chaats and other snacks into their menu. PVR Cinemas at Lulu Mall has a counter dedicated to chaats, bhel and frankies aka kathi roll. The choice of North Indian food available in the city now extends beyond naan, paneer butter masala and chana bhatura.

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[vgane]

A similar thing is happening in North....The Haldirams and Bikaneri in Delhi region serve crispy Dosas and soft Idlis with tasty sambhar and 2-3 Chutnies..And the crowd of North Indian savor the delicacies in style!

 

[prasad1]

Idli, dosa and sambar are not exclusive to south India. The Malyalee cooks made them popular in every corner of India, including small towns. And that has been true for more than 40 years. Even my collage friends will make every effort to visit my house to eat dosa. But the reverse was not true, When we visited Tn with our engineering collage tour my north Indian friends had to survive on rice and sambar. Things have changed in last 20 years. Now you can get good North Indian foods in upscale south Indian Restaurants.