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Gujarati Dinner

Yesterday (27 Feb 2009) evening we went to an eye doctor at Shekar Nethralaya, JP Nagar 3rd phase, on the 100 feet Ring Road, Bangalore. Later, Ashok suggested we go for an authentic and pure Gujarati dinner - so we went to the eatery, just opposite the Nethralaya.

This eatery is part of a house and the family, ofcourse Gujarati, runs the show. Entirely managed (cooking and serving also) by the family members, this presents a nice homely ambience.

There are two choices for meals - Ordinary and Special. Ordinary thaali consists of 4 phulkas (rotis), a cupful of rice, dal, aloo subji, khadi, and buttermilk. "Special" has 5 phulkas, a Papad, and curds instead of buttermilk - rice, dal, subji, khadi are common to both ordinary and special.

The phulkas were hot and tasty; subji was superb. But I liked the Dal the best. Full of boiled koththu kadalai, it was excellent. The spices used in the subji and Dal are made in the home itself. Khadi too was good.

All in all, we had a very sumptuous, tasty, and authentic Gujarati dinner, in a lovely homely ambience. Neeraja says the eatery will be heavily crowded on weekends and one has to wait for over 30 minutes to get a seat. I would say the food served is worth the waiting.

The Gujarati gentleman (the owner) asked me to come on Sunday to taste their excellent Dhoklas ! So my pursuit of dhoklas continues .... !

rajappa
11 AM on 28 Feb 2009
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  1. Vasudevan SundaresanMarch 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM

    Chittappa,

    When you go on Sunday, ask if they do prepare "Kathyiwadi Khana" or "Katyawadi". This is also a style of Gujarati cooking, which will have more spices. I suggest to you because you must have had taste of Hyderabadi food.

    I had my first hand experience of Gujarati food for almost a week when I was in Rajkot during 28 Mar to 07 Apr 2008.

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