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@anika987 only you can think of such easy flowing topics in the same vein as some very serious thread topics and then start the thread effortlessly like everyone said above .
i am a foodie but i never craved anything as such ever but once during my pregnancy. i so badly wanted to eat moong dal ki kachori , aloo kachori , raj kachori basket. gangaur sweets and chat shops were my favorite for this one . i could never find that tasty kachori here ever . then sitafal , sugarcane juice , palm fruit , jack fruit ,pootharekulu , mamidi tandra i miss those here a lot (last 4 i used to wait till summers to go visit my grandparents to eat it ) ...i think the most important indian variety i miss is goli soda in those dark green glass bottle with lemon , orange , coca cola flavors . nothing like it , i used to drink so many goli sodas everyday while i stay there .
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@anika987 only you can think of such easy flowing topics in the same vein as some very serious thread topics and then start the thread effortlessly like everyone said above .
i am a foodie but i never craved anything as such ever but once during my pregnancy. i so badly wanted to eat moong dal ki kachori , aloo kachori , raj kachori basket. gangaur sweets and chat shops were my favorite for this one . i could never find that tasty kachori here ever . then sitafal , sugarcane juice , palm fruit , jack fruit ,pootharekulu , mamidi tandra i miss those here a lot (last 4 i used to wait till summers to go visit my grandparents to eat it ) ...i think the most important indian variety i miss is goli soda in those dark green glass bottle with lemon , orange , coca cola flavors . nothing like it , i used to drink so many goli sodas everyday while i stay there .
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Ooo sugarcane juice!

Another favorite and I always had it when i was in Mumbai..they add ginger and lemon to enhance the taste and it was awesome!!

Also,remember when kulfi Wala will come
Home and it was a delight to see him take the kulfi out of the case

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Anika, loved the thread and the entries.. thank you for opening this! Who doesn't love talking about food? When compared to others, I'm a bit lucky as I have few South Indian restaurants near by my home. Though the taste never matches the dishes we eat anywhere in Tamilnadu, we can at least quench the cravings every now and then. Next to the taste, I have one big problem with the restaurants here. In Tamilnadu, when we order idly or dosa , they leave the bucket of sambar/chutneys on our table for us to serve ourselves! In a non veg restaurant I went recently, they serve 2 big bowls of chicken and mutton Salma for the table first, that's not billed. I'm used to having dosas soaked in sambar, or parotta soaked in Salna. Here in UK, they serve a 2 feet long paper roast in a plate that has 3 small partitions for 2tbsp sambar and half TSP each green, red and white chutneys! Seriously! So they don't expect you to dip the dosa in sambar, but just show it over the sambar , front and back , catch the aroma and eat it. When asked for "extra sambar", the waiter does brings it, but not after observing the plate, in a world's tiniest kinnam which again won't hold more than 2tbsp of sambar!
In Tamilnadu,parottas never come without salna, right? You only ask "2 parottas", and they give you with salna. But here you have to order separately, that's not the problem, but the dish it comes with is a problem. Its designed in such a deceiving way. The vessel looks like a bowl, but only when you dig in with the spoon you realise it's just a slightly deeper plate! You bend down your head to analyse the bowl, it is deeper at least 4 inches high on the outside, but the inner part is Max of 1 or 1.5 inches deeper! How sad!
I shouldn't even start on Meduvada. It's called "medu"vada for a reason!
My comfort foods when I go to Coimbatore are the Masala puris, Roadside Kalaan, onion samosas, And of course paper roast soaked in Tiffin sambar or parottas soaked in salna - not too soaked to lose its crunchiness, but perfectly soaked so the pleasure of chewing increases when the sweetness of the parotta and the hot salna talks to each other.. Aww, heaven! And the Meduvada, so delicate that you carefully hold it for even a mild pressure from your fingers would crumble it.
And yes the filter coffee! They do make it with milk, but the smell of the milk doesn't overpower the aroma of the coffee beans. That's one time I don't feel guilty in welcoming extra servings of white sugar! The tiny tumbler the coffee comes with is not a problem here. As Santhanam says, "coffee epdi irukkanum theriyuma? Kudichuttu vechaa maari irukkanum!" - as long as it's strong and aromatic, the quantity doesn't matter.
All this discussion reminds me of the song "indha porappudhaan Nalla rusichu saappida kidachadhu" from Un samayalarayil movie! The song mostly covers everything we talked here...
Thanks again for starting this thread Anika... Reminds there is so much goodness in the world, and good food is among the important ones.
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No problem..I love talking about food

How come I forgot parottas!!

I haven’t really tasted parottas in many restaurants but only in grand sweets restaurant and anjappar.It was really good!!

onion samosas are also awesome!

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...Here in UK, they serve a 2 feet long paper roast in a plate that has 3 small partitions for 2tbsp sambar and half TSP each green, red and white chutneys! Seriously! So they don't expect you to dip the dosa in sambar, but just show it over the sambar , front and back , catch the aroma and eat it. When asked for "extra sambar", the waiter does brings it, but not after observing the plate, in a world's tiniest kinnam which again won't hold more than 2tbsp of sambar!
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LOL. In my favorite pickup place, now they have a sign at the counter that says $2 for extra sambar, $1 for extra chutney, after people started to routinely ask for extra. : )

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LOL. In my favorite pickup place, now they have a sign at the counter that says $2 for extra sambar, $1 for extra chutney, after people started to routinely ask for extra. : )
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In mumbai udipi hotels they charge for extra sambar / chatni. Even thali meals extra’s would be charged as per tariff. In chennai oil- chili powder charged extra( MURUGAN idli kadai -all branches)
God loves extras!

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Home made gongura pacchadi
Mirchi bajji and sugarcane juice and hot jalebi from outside

Hariboot bunches and small amla...
Suite life..

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Home made gongura pacchadi
Mirchi bajji and sugarcane juice and hot jalebi from outside

Hariboot bunches and small amla...
Suite life..
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Jalebi....

One of my fav sweet..
Very very tasty!

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God loves extras!
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LOL
These God loves...... series are a collectible LOL’s. This one evokes a God who owns a casting couch.

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These God loves...... series are a collectible LOL’s. This one evokes a God who owns a casting couch.
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Hi. Thanks.
2. "EXTRAS" I meant only in the context of one's orders for food items & "touches" like chutney and or sambar.
3. Not a " double entendre ".
God blesses soft & sweet words uttered Melifluosly.

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Jalebi....

One of my fav sweet..
Very very tasty!
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delectable bite when eaten dunked in creamy hot milk.
2. With company of spouse in Four degree centigrade in Dec - jan , wearing a kilogram of warm clothes, enjoyed eating jilebi for lunch in parliament street lane in New Delhi!
3. Thanks for nostalgia. It reminds me my losing the spouse favourite blue shawl - arabesque.
Regards.

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Thanks anika for starting this thread. Moved to chennai from mumbai last year. I really miss the street food. Its been an year since i had misal pav. People in chennai if you know any place that serves misal pav plss tell.ungaluku punyama pogum.

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