Its been already a week of Diwali celebrations and sumptuous Diwali snacks.Being maharashtrian,I believe in making home made Diwali snacks and enjoy preparing them at home.Eventually,It has also remained a practice since last few years in our house,that we treat our close and extended relatives on one the four days of Diwali.We take them in some nearby vegetarian restaurants and have our gastronomic experience fulfilled there.This time we decided to take them to Suruchi,in Thakur complex,Kandivali east(it is where I stay) for two reasons..One for being one of the closest venue from our residence and secondly,this tiny restaurant has a not-so-common advantage i.e. u get excellent gehu ki roti (wheat flour Chapati).Ghee laden ,thick,hot wheat flat breads come to your plate and melts in your mouth.It also makes easy for small children in the family to enjoy their meals which otherwise is an arduous task.This restaurant is near from Thakur complex main circle.It has a mediocre space and there two sections air-conditioned and non air conditioned.In non AC section there is also a platform of pavbhaji center where you can watch pav bhaji taking shape live.This is one of the oldest restaurants in thakur complex.They have recently renovated the place with some nice wall papers and other interiors.
We decided to reserve a table for 15 in advance with the restaurant manager a day earlier but he assured us that he will easily accomodate 15 guests in his AC section and that we need not reserve a day before.The meals were undoubtedly three course meals.so it bagan with tomato soup,mushroom soup and sweet corn soup.All three soups were extra ordinarily good and left no scope for complaints.
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| Mushroom soup |
Tomato soup unlike others had no artificial smell or colour.Mushroon soup was spicy,hot and indian chinese taste wd chopped ginger-garlic in it.It tickled our tongue as well as it triggered our hunger a bit more.Then we ordered chapati,paneer chatpata and veg handi.None of the veg dishes were spicy or oily.Waiters kept juggling between orders and serving us their hot chapatis.Relatives' faces were looking quite happy and contented with food..especially my mom..at this age too,she is a great cook and great foodie.She also belongs to a family of food lovers and all my maasis are terrific cooks.Then came plain rice and day fry.We relished on that too.The rice grain was basmati,properly cooked and longg.Dal was mix lentils with garlic n dry red chillies tadka on it.
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| ghee laden chapati |
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| Paneer chatpata |
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| Plain rice |
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| lip smacking dal |
We all ate so much that our stomachs left no space for any desserts.Even then I made a courtesy and asked everyone along with my dad(who is a terrible sweet tooth) whether they would like to have any sweet dish but all of them declined.We finally left the restaurant with stuffed stomach and filled hearts..Thanx Suruchi..!
