Eating your way through Bangalore, India
Thursday, November 05, 2015
As a huge metropolitan city and the IT hub of India, Bangalore has plenty of range to offer the foodies. With expats migrating from all over India, Bangalore is a melting pot for a diverse variety of Indian and international cuisines as well as its own traditional South Indian food. For me a visit to India is all about street food which in many cases tops the fancy restaurants.
It's safe to say that we ate our way through a plethora of street specialties in Bangalore and the added kilos from our gluttony were totally worth it. Below are some treats we munched on as we explored our way around the bustling city and the ones you are unlikely to find in your local Indian takeaway.
- Bhutta: Simple but absolutely delicious, Bhuttas are corn on cobs roasted over coal until they are dark and smoky, then lathered with lemon and spices. This is a snack that I have on several occasions tried to recreate in my own kitchen with our Australian sweetcorn but I humbly accept that I can't match the superior flavour of road side cooking.
- Frankie: I am a self confessed Frankie lover and can never have enough of these. Frankies are flat bread wraps that come filled with just about anything. Me? I'm a sucker for cottage cheese so the Paneer Frankie takes the cake.
- Potato chips: So this isn't exactly an Indian specialty but this time I saw in Bangalore a chain of these potato chips roadside shops. They deep fry right on the road and serve all sorts of different chips and nuts. They were unbelievably good.
- Appam(not featured above): South Indian cuisine is a favorite of our mother and so I've had plenty of South Indian food in my time. As this was our first time visiting South India, I was on quest to explore the more traditional flavors that mostly don't make it to the menu of Sydney's Indian restaurants. We recommend ordering this with vegetable stew!
- South Indian Thali: All the South Indian goodies in one plate, this was our breakfast choice on our way to Mysore. We stopped at a roadside, traditional buffet place where you could gorge on an assortment of vadas, chutney, sambhar, idli, dosa and various rice.
- Filter coffee: As much as I enjoy my daily skim, half shot capp with two sugars (don't judge please), I have always adored the flavour of Indian coffee. As you can deduce from my regular order, I like my cuppa sweet, not very strong and definitely not bitter. With this in mind, you can clearly understand my fondness of filter coffee. Sweet and frothy, it is served in a cup and bowl which u then use to cool down the coffee. If I didn't know any better I would happily believe this southern specialty which is served in a tiny proportions was made especially with me in mind.
- Chana Jor Garam: Like I mentioned previously, Bangalore comes packed with food from all of India as well as the world. Chana Jor Garam has always been a favourite of ours but amongst all the madness we totally neglected our cravings in Lucknow. This was the perfect snack to munch on while shopping around Commercial Street.
Ps: Bangalore is known to be quite expensive and it lives upto its name in shopping malls and such. However, thanks to local knowledge we discovered Commercial Street, which is great for Indian shopping and at much reduced prices. Definitely check it out for Indian wear.
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Great post sweetie, thank you for your comment :)
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So yummy! Great photos, I love them! (:
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Everything looks amazing and I bet it smells just gorgeous too xx
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