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About the Chatak-Matak food I ate at places around

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Special Pohe

It is interesting to know (and taste) different recipes made from Pohe! Regular Pohe (phodaniche), Dahi Pohe, Sev Pohe, Dadape Pohe (Oppressed Pohe would be too bad translation) pohe chiwada (stir fried), Peas/Onion/Potato Pohe (ingredient based categories),etc,etc... Last week I read about Lavlele Pohe (Set Pohe) being famous somewhere – I think Belgaon. But here in Pune, Karve Nagar, I tasted one more type last weekend!

It is Dadape style – but not Dadape – Pohe, they called it special phoe. It comes from a small, family run, snack center called Rajas at Karve Nagar, Near City Pride cinema, Kothrud. Checkout the location link below for map. They serve few other traditional snacks but this item is their specialty.

Pohe is not fried (oil less), wet and red in color. Has raw onions and tomatoes. Cheese garnishing is the only item that probably comes in a way to call it healthy pohe.  Served in leaf bowl, it has got different taste, bit more hotter side. Certainly makes good chatak matak evening snack.


Saturday, April 21, 2012

Cheese Chili Toast

I ate many different things under this name at different restaurants. In fact, I was served with cheese sandwich (!) at one place. Many times it is not listed on menu card, probably seen as pretty ordinary, non skilled item. BUT, here is the one from 24 Carat (Ajinya) at Sharada Center, off Karve Road & it is awesome! Ajinkya is drink-after-work place for IT guys around (TechM, Persistent, etc). It goes without saying that Cheese Chili Toast had been favorite chakana on Friday evenings.
Amount of cheese and chili is perfect. Basic bread pieces, topped with cheese and grounded chili, left in oven for a while to let cheese melt over the bread. As bread gets toasted, nice layer of melted cheese forms over. Looks very simple but yet I have had such tasty Cheese Chili Toast only at couple of places & Ajinkya comes first.