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 :)