Close to Sri Ram Center in Mandi House, In front of Himachal Bhawan, there is this huge tree. Under the tree, this small shop, next to the puncturewala, serves some delicious samosa and bread pakoda. For ten bucks per plate, you get chutney and alu ki sabzi too. Been there?

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Monday mornings are humble moments. So, I tried to find the most humble conversation that we could have. Brought up in Odisa, my first encounter with bread pakoda was this old man in a small cabin who used to fry up bread slices wrapped in batter. The cabin was in an area surrounded by rickshaw repair shops. So, all rickshaw wallas gathered around to eat this weird stuff. But as the warm, soft fleshy fullness filled my mouth, I felt a silent, somber, shameful joy….Continue Reading “An ode to bread pakoda”

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