One Fruity Flirty Evening

                                                          The Fruit store :

In my last post I stressed a lot around the non-vegetarian stuff.
The vegetarians felt like hitting me with a brick , as if there is no good street food from their side. The thing is there are tons.
 So now I have come up with an exclusive vegetarian Fruit stall.
They sell up to fifteen varieties of fruits each costing around rupees 10 per plate.
 But there are two things this stall stand out for.
The fruit salad. The watermelon juice. Let's see in detail about both the dishes.

                                             
                                                                  Fruit Salad :

This is the fruit salad . A perfect evening snack

The fruit salad is actually too healthy to be called street food.
It's prepared in a hygienic way too. Notice the gloves the man is wearing in the first pic.
 The recipe is the same as what your kinder garden cookery teacher taught you , to familiarize you with the names of fruits.
This salad consists of ten fresh fruits neatly cut and mixed.
They are papaya , pineapple , watermelon , grapes, guava, cucumber , carrot , apple , dates and banana. It is served in a disposable plate.
If you are seriously into the sweet dishes then you can eat it as such. But if you are like me , in love with the magical taste that comes out when sweet and spicy taste mixes.
Then you can tell him to top it with some black pepper powder.
You will be given a toothpick to eat it with. You needn't limit yourself , this is completely healthy and safe.


                                              Water Melon Juice :

This is the juice concentrate , consisting of sliced watermelons and ice cubes.

Ahhan . Drinks.My favourite part.
 I'm not an expert in mixology Nor have I been a cocktail mixer.
But I know what tastes good with what. This is tastes good.
It is the best thing you would have ever drunk in a hot summer afternoon ( after beer though :P ) .
The juice concentrate is mixed with a little amount of red sherbet.
The concentrate is actually, watermelons and ice cubes.
Preserved in a closed vessel.
So yes this drink is just a mix of sherbet and watermelon slices along with ice cubes.

The red sherbet. Taste enhancer.

This juice costs around 15 to 20 rupees depending on your bargaining skills.

Mixing.!

So you have come to the end of the blog. Hope you enjoyed. Leave your comments below.

An inside view of the fruit stall

The Madurai Street Dinner : A picture essay

Okay..now I've done so far the best thing I've ever thought of , A complete picture essay of all the typical Madurai food that are eaten as dinner dishes.
The spicy non-vegetarian type
Madurai is one of the best places to have a dinner , the best part is you can get food at any time , even at 3 am. YES , any time..! Provided you are patient enough to search for a shop.
If you are a lazy reader , then this is especially for you.
If you have a slow mobile data , I pity you the most. This blog is full of pictures.
So let's go ahead for the stuff.

                               


                     Egg Parotas (popularly called as  "mutta parota") :

Stage 1 :
                                                                               

This is how it begins , hand chopped parotas , onions and tomatoes with a sea of egg in the centre.
Look at the heart shaped egg , these guys are romantic too. :P 

Stage 2 :

This is the so called "secret ingredient" , some amount of local gravy is poured into the sea of egg in the centre. The gravy is called as "chalna" or "kuruma" by the locals.

Stage 3 :

I swear you would love to see this , this is the best part of this dish , the man vigorously chops the mix with that chisel like instrument in his hands. The sound could be hear from miles..!


  

Stage 4:

After a few minutes of the vigorous chopping , the egg parotas are finally ready .

Stage 5:

This is the amount of egg parota you get when you order for one plate of it , it is garnished with  black pepper powder before serving.

                                                           



                                  Tandoori Chicken :

Okay..this is not that much of a "Madurai" dish , it originated in the street dhabas of Punjab. But still it has become dead famous in Madurai in the past few years.

Stage 1 :

Raw chicken , mixed with masala. It marinates for around 6 hours.

Stage 2 :

And now , the marinated chicken is inserted in a sharp metal rod and  put inside a tandoor oven and it stays there for some minutes till it gets fully cooked.

Stage 3:

A few of the tandoori chicken prepared in the previous stage are hanged outside in hooks to attract the customers , how tactical.!!

Stage 4:

This is how it is served , with onion rings, cabbage , lemon and mint chutney!!

Stage 5 :

What else left.? Just start eating.
P.S: THIS IS NOT ME

                                                               

                             Mutton Dosai :

This is "The" Madurai food. This has got history with Madurai. And is popularly called as "Kari dosai"

Stage 1 :

How it begins.? Eggs are first beaten in a vessel like this.

Stage 2 :

After the eggs are beaten , it is mixed with "mutton chukka" and is beaten even more.

Stage 3 :

The mixture of mutton chukka and eggs are poured into an "yet to be cooked" dosai.

Stage 4 :

It is left as such for a few minutes, till the bottom of the dosai is cooked.

Stage 5 :

The dosai is flipped to the other side , left as such for a few minutes and there you have the spicy mutton dosai.!! 

                                  



                          An additional combo- Parotas with butter chicken :

If you haven't tried this combo before , I highly suggest you that you try it , this is like drugs for your taste buds .

So here comes the end of this picture essay , hope you enjoyed , leave your comments below :)