Channa Bhaturaas - Delhis Favourite Breakfast

All of us know that Delhities Love their Food..They Love the Good Life, they love their Evening drinks with Tandoori Chicken & Chicken Tikkas - They also love their Evening Gol Gappas, Aloo Tikkas & their Chaats ..But Nothing to Kikstart your day better than the Mornings ....& Morning Time is Cholle Bhatura time ...Delhites just love their Cholle Bhature ... This is Delhis Favorite Breakfast -- You can see hordes of Delhites standing & digging into their breakfast meal of several years with such great yearning & love...that you just cant help yourself but have a bite ..... South Delhi, East Delhi, West Delhi, North Delhi, almost all of them have one or two iconic Cholle Bhatura vendors who have been making their mornings for so many years

Sharms Ji - Near Vikram Hotel
My Earlier Blog on why the small lane just Opposite MoolChand Metro Station & Vikram Hotel, has become a small haven for foodies, mentioned about the famous Cholle Bhatura wala -- http://gourmetaffairs.blogspot.com/2011/10/khaau-gali-mool-chand-metro-station.html -- Sharma Ji ke Cholle Bhature

There is one more Place which serves, Delhis Favorite Breakfast Channa Bhaturaa... I happend to try the Channa Bhatura this Morning & was pleasently surprised  to see the huge gathering of people waiting to grab a quick bite of this Popular Breakfast....

Look at the Breakfast Rush at 10.00 am

The Bhaturas, were quite nice & did not have any strong oil odor, which one normally finds... The Cholles were also pretty nice, seemd to have a different color, pretty red thoough, but not at all spicy ... If you are the one who deosnt like too eat too spicy stuff in the morning, Then this is a good breakfast treat for your palette

Baba Nagpal ke Cholle Bhature
Another Iconic Place for Cholle Bhatures,Nagpals is almost a household name in Sant Nagar & Lajpat Nagar 4 .. I had heard a lot about it & finallty decide to try the place .... From MoolChand Station, I had just the passerbys directions to reach the place.. I wouls have asked atleast 4-5 different passerbys for the different stretch in the bylanes & all of them knew this place ..Once we reached there, the huge crowd was enough to tell why ??



Menu is Impressive

While they seem to have amazing range for menu - Including the Lunch Menu - Rajma Chawal, Kadi Chawal, Cholle Chawal, Puri Subzi, Samosa, Kacchori , Its their Bhaturas that are most famous & Popular....Rs 50/ for a plate of 2 fluffy Golden yellowish brown crsip Bhaturas - Some Ghee & Oil laden, spiced Channa, with some potatoes, Onions, Carrot & Green Chillis Pickle ... Spicy Bites ...... The Bhaturas here are heavy & typical of the Delhi Flavor, unlike the Sharmas Bhatura

Chacha Bhatura - Kamla Nagar Market
North Campus Students swear by it .. Generations of Students have fed themselves on the daily dose of breakfast of Crisp, Hot & Spicy Channa Bhaturas at Chachas ..... Make Fresh & sell fresh is their motto.... If you come in the day time, probably after 2 pm, You may find the shop closed, as they would have sold off their daily quota of Channa & Bhaturaas - "Selective Focus" is the key ... Located Just behing the Back Gate of Kirori Mal College

Chacha ke Bhature @ Kamla Nagar Market

You should go for the Aloo Bhatura.. The Chutney is quite a tangy, spicy treat & quite a chilli bomb on your tongue.. But that deosnt stop the brave foodie from venturing & finding his way

look at the rush...

Sitaram Dewan Chand - PaharGanj Wale
One of the Oldest Shops in Paharganj, serving One of the Best Channa Bhaturas of Delhi, Sitaram Dewan Chand, is the epitome of Old world Delhi Food - Channa Bhaturas ... Place is always jam packed & people happily elbow their way to the Billing Counter to get a grab of their Plate

SitaRam Dewan Chand

Well we will keep adding more Channa Bhaturas on our food exploration journey .... Delhites love their food & their cant be one or 2 places which can feed all the great foodies .. just tried to list few of them .. lot of Local Sweet Shops also dish out this Popular food --- Haldirams, Or EverGreen Sweets in Green Park Market, South Delhi - Om Sweets, Sector 14, Market - Gurgaon

Keep trying & Keep eating the Cholla Bhaturas, but dont forget to wash them down, either with a Tall Glass of Lassi or Hot Chai ...... Enjoy !!!!!!!

Breakfast Menu @ McDonalds

Had  Breakfast Today at McDonalds after a really long time..... At One point, Breakfast at Mcdonalds was almost a weekend ritual...I had somehow managed to stuck to my newly found love for morning walks....and weekends, I would try & combine the morning walk with a 30 minute game of squash...With all this physical labor & the tumultous test, i would put my already tortured body through, a decent breakfast supposedly was very well earned & treatetd with respect and not just a glutton foodies wish....However given my love for a great breakfast, i honestly seek to find some great breakfast alternatives, as discussed in my earlier posts

http://gourmetaffairs.blogspot.com/2011/09/foodie-delights-breakfast-buffet-red.html

http://gourmetaffairs.blogspot.com/2011/07/breakfast-king-meal-of-day.html


Mcdonalds Breakfast menu is quite a decent fair and that too at a reasonable price...The menu comprises of a variety of Muffins, which they call as McMuffins....Sausage McMuffin, Egg & Sausage McMuffin, Veg Muffin, Hash Browns, and the Pan Cakes

The Sausage McMuffin is a very addictive thing to eat.... Also once you finish the Muffin, you realise that you have not had quite the fill. The Bun used is absolutely different from the regular buns used for the main menu..The Bun size is little smaller, nice flavor of crisp sesame or Til as we call it in Hindi..The Buns are fresh, quite soft & have a strong distinct flavor unlike the regular buns,, The Sausage is an absolute winner here....Absolutely mildly spiced, just as it should be for a brealkfast, the meat is pretty tender, little juicy 7 succulent, and the sesame flavor of the bun & the light flavor of the Sausage, make for a great taste.. Its not too heavy on the tummy as well, and as i said once you have a bun, you feel like having another for its lightness

Sausage McMuffin ........ Tasty, Juicy .hmmmm

The Hash Brown is quite different from what one may get in an English Breakfast...But its the Biggest hit of the Breakfast Menu.....The Patty is deep fried in the Special Machinery and done aboslutely golden brown.....The Brown is fantastically crisp, and once you break a bite from the patty, it immediatley releases a very strong edible flavor, of the oil which is vaporised.... vow!!!!! The brown has a very slight pungent taste, a slightly bitter and salty taste, the crispiness is too good to be true, and the potato is still soft to go from the inside. added with the flavor of the Oil, its just too good & for Rs 20/ its a steal....

Sinful hashbrowns

Then Comes the Sweetener of the Breakfast, the Pan Cake, served along with Maple sauce & butter, The Pan Cake is a surprising finish to the breakfast... The Pan Cakes are nicely flavored with Vanill....are quite soft, chewy, little sticky & the vanilla flavor just makes it a smooth bite to go down.....added on top are the Maple syrup & a dollop of Butter...and you get a sweet & salty taste with a very creamy texture......This combo is just too good to swindle any taste buds.....absolutely amazing .........

Pan Cakes with Maple Syrup & Butter....Delicious !!!!!!

Do Try the Breakfast Menu at McDonalds, but not if you are in the mood for a helathy breakfast......

Foodie Delights - BreakFast Buffet@ Red Fox Hotels

My Earlier Blog Posted on Breakfasts -http://grourmetaffairs.blogspot.com/2011/07/breakfast-king-meal-of-day.html

Talked about my great love & interest in breakfasts, which i truly believe is the King Meal of the Day.. One of the Best meals of the day & probably a guilt free as well, cause a Foodie on Diet. Always feels that he may be able to knock off the extra calories during the long day ahead, which never happens though... In my quest for finding the good Breakfast Options, I happened to land at the Red Fox Hotels, Mayur vihar. The Red Fox Hotels is relatively a new Property , and is a mid scale budget segment Hotel of the Popular Lemon Tree Group of Hotels




The Ambience


I walked into the Cafe, offering the Breakfast Menu, and i was quite impressed with the overall decor, ambience of the Cafe.. Quite nicely done, with Bright Reds adorning the Cafe & tables were quite nicely spaced out ... Looks like one of the Places where one can have a relaxing & chilled out meal. The Buffet spread seemed pretty elaborate, The Fruit section, looked neat with the colourful spread of Pappaya, Pineapple, Guava, Apple, Melons, quite a color.. Lassi, Canned Juice & Fresh Water melon juice made the Cold Beverage section



Buffet Spread

  

Looks a Good Spread


The Continental Section had Chicken Salami, sorted with some Onions & Capsicum, Chicken Sausages, Hash Brown Potatoes, Boiled Tomatoes, Baked Beans, Baked Tomato, Sorted Vegetables , Vermicilli (Or the Savaiyas, salted & with some veggies) . The Indian Section has the Good Old Aloo Parathas, Idlis,



Colorful Cut Fruits Section

 You can also request for the Omelettes of your Choice...Cheese, Plain, Masala, Vegetables. I ordered my Favourite, Cheese Omelette with 2 Egg whites... There is something about Plain Cheese Omelettes that i just cant resist.... A Nice, soft & Fluffy Omelette with a Crisp Toast & some light butter, is something so basic, so simple, yet its so endearing..... Lovely !!!!!

The Chicken Salaami & Chicken Sausages, actually were a little disappointing... Being a Huge English Continental Breakfast fan, Chicken Sausages, Salaamis, have a special place in my heart & can have an even bigger place in my big tummy, provided they are nicely done...not so much was the case with these ones
The Hash Browns were just ok.... The Baked Beans, were good, with a little tangy & sweet taste...Baked Tomatoes again were passable....Sauted Vegetables, were quite nice & light to taste..One can also order the Crsip Plain Dosas, which are made live at the counter..



Hash Brown & Baked Beans

 All in All, a good experience..... But it makes it all the more great to know, that such a lavish & magnificent spread of Breakfast, is only at Rs 150/ + Taxes... Mind Blowing isn’t it

Taste – 6
Hygiene – 8
Ambience- 8.5
Value for Money - 9





BreakFast -The King Meal of the day

Foodie Delights - Break The Fast

Probably for me, its the best meal of the day. Once done with Dinner, thoughts for the morning breakfast rule the mind & the already salvating tongue just wets up a little more......Unlike the Typical Lunch & Dinner, Breakfast is free from the convenional Mould - You just have to be little creative & Any thing goes for this Morning King Meal, unlike Lunch or Dinner, where options seem to be limited.

Just Imagine, You cook up some Pasta for Lunch, It might sound cool to eat though, But your tummy may not get its fill, or it may be too much of flour(maidaa) to digest. Chinese may be too oily for your tase buds.

For the Average household , Lunch/ Dinner seems to be pretty much a Regular fair of Daal,Sabji, Roti, Rice, Curd, Salad etc etc..the Variety of Vegtables & Daal may change, but the basic structure, Look & feel of the meal is the same

But Breafast is different, with Options Galore---- The Big, Crispy Bhatura coming out of the Fry Pan, Serve it with some Spicy Cholley, Onions, Spiced Green Chilly & you are on a Roll.....Just Imagine the Color Gamut, Black Cholley, white Onions, Green Chilly, Golden Yellow Bhatura...Vow Mini rainbow on my plate

The Simply Divine Puri......You can have it Plain with ajwain & salted, Dry aloo subji, Aloo Curry & its just a scintillating affair with the palate. The Stuffed Kachori with Tamarind Chutney can also pack a Punch....

If you are the Heavy Eater Category Like me, you just cant ignore the poultry pack....The Eggs---If variety is the Spice of Life , Then Eggs are really my bet for Spicing up yoru Life...what all variety this beautiful looking, nutrient filled thing lends itself to...Omelettes- (Theres a whole world to what all Omelettes you can make with Egg - Masala, Chese, Chicken, Keema, Spanish), Boiled Eggs(Hard / Soft) , Scrambled Eggs, The all time Classic Egg Bhurji, Half Fried Eggs, Poached Eggs, French Toast....Wuff...I am already feeling bad for not having enough today

You may also make a Power meal out of your breakfast - If you add some more members of the Poultry family - Sausages (Regular, Paprika), Salaami, Some Eggs served with a Cold Glass of Fresh Juice, some Golden Crisp whole wheat brown bread, with a dash of Butter, some aromatic coffee & I am done..... Proteins, Carbo, Vitamins, Fat...... thats a Power Punch breakfast

Parathas- In the Bollywood Flick, "Singh is King" Akshay Kumar commented, that Paratha is the national breakfast of Punjab, Infact it holds true for most of North India... The Paratha still rules the roost for most of the Breakfast tables....
A medium to heavy Paratha cooked in Desi Ghee with Ajwain, Little salt, small Dollop of butter, with a strong cup of meethee Chai, and you are on a Power trip man

The ever Humble Kandha Poha of Maharashtra has made its graceful presence in quite a few household across India, especially the breakfast table.....with every state localising it with their love... The South Indian Snacks are made forbreakfast every fortnight in Our family. Idlis, Upma, Vadas - Aloing with the basic & simple Coconut Tomato Chutney, These snacks have become a hit in quite a lot of households

In Bhopal, Poha with Jalebi as an all time Killer Combo....Rabri- Jalebi in Kanpur..., Bidai Kachori with Lassi in Agra, Cholle Bhature of Delhi

For the Diet Conscious, Milk with Corn Flakes, Dhaliya, Fruits Basket, they all seem to just go so well with the breakfast.... the Original Tiffin King, Bread Butter, Bread Jam are still as popular...Croissants, Hash Brown, for the Exquiste Touch, the breakfast menu just seems to be growing large....

Speaking of the Breakfast Menu, do try the McDonalds Breakfast Menu - The Chicken Sausage Muffin,(The Sausage Pattice is just rightly spiced, not too make the breakfast too spicy & pretty juicy as well )Golden Fried Hashbrown( Have a slight bitter dash at the first bite, But once the aroma & taste of the Hash brown settles down,It just makes the mouth want for more) A Nice & Strong, Cold Coffee to wash this down & you ae set for the Big bad world

The Breakfast list & options seem to be growing strong... & for me definitely is the King Meal for the Day...Till The Time,The World wakes up to the Options & power of a Great BreakFast, Keep Breaking the Fast... Happy Eating

Shyam Sweets @ Chaavari Bazar

Just a stones throw from the Magnificent Jama Masjid of Old Delhi is located the Famous Chaavari Bazaar. There is still a very strong Old world Charm of Delhi associated with this Place. While the booming Satellite towns of NCR may be the epitome of a rapid urbanisation & development, the areas of Old Delhi still manage to retain their rustic charms,so reminiscent of the Good Old Dilli 6...I took a Cycle Rickshaw ride with my friend from Dariya Ganj to Chaavari Bazaar....The Ride was equally fascinating, passing through the bylanes of Old Delhi seeing the Old shops, Old Guest Houses of Dariya Ganj, The early morning Rush at Jama Masjid, was quite a site.. It took 20 Minutes to reach the Famous Shyam Sweets at Chaavari Bazaar... I must say, was really amazed at the stamina of the the Rickshaw Puller, carrying the Load of 2 People , and me being one of them, really calls for some strength... Thats what Delhi is famous for, Its indigenous mode of transport , The rickshaw
We reached Shyam Sweets at 7.30 am. & was quite surprised to see the rush present there for the breakfast....We Ordered the Breakfast Special- Bedmi Puri Nagoori Halwa ... Bedmi Puri, is a very favourite delicacy in Northern parts of the country especially Delhi, UP....Its made out of a mix, having lentils, spices , red chilli powder mixed with the Special Flour used to make the Puri... The Puris surprisingly do not absorb much oil, & one doesn’t feel too oily having them.. The Aloo Subzee, is really Hot & Spicy....with a very strong flavour of heeng & pretty Oily as well...

The Nagori Puri is a very different snack, something never had before. 5-6 pieces of small Crisp Puri, are put on top of the Sujhi halwa, & served with Aloo Subzi & Seetafal Subzi.. The Halwa is very refreshing, not too sweet. The Puris are really nice & crisp.... Seetafal subzi is pretty tangy, spicy & little oily as well .......The Puri is supposed to be had with all the 3 servings of Halwa, Seetfal subzi & the Hot & spicy Aloo subzi...& quite a tasty, crispy bite....The Bedmi Kachori, seemed just ok & went well with the Aloo Subzi. We wash it down with a Nice Lassi served in a Kullad... The Lassi has just the right amount of sweetness & malaai

With Breakfast for 2 people costing 100 /=, its quite a Bite .Do visit when you are in mood for a really Spicy breakfast... Dont forget to take the rickshaw ride, It will definitely add to the experience

Taste – 8
Value for Money – 9
Hygeine - 8

Breakfast @ Andhra Bhawan

Located on the Famous Ashoka Road, Near Connaught place is the Andhra Bhawan Canteen...Its quite a Popular eatery for Hyderabadi Food & some nice South Indian Snacks
Breakfast starts at 7.00 am in the Morning & goes on till 10.00 pm. One can see the quite a lot of early morning walkers, coming to Andhra Bhawan to have their breakfast. The seating Capacity will be around 40-45 people & looks quite spacious even at Full capacity.. The Menu is limited, probably helps in Having a Low number of Items on the Menu ,as the Turnaround time can be much faster
We Order for 2 Breakfast Menus . Its generally a Fixed Fair, with 1 Piece each of Masala Dosa, Idli & Vada.. The Service is quite Prompt as we get the Idli & Vada in under 3 Minutes..Served along with Sambhar & Coconut Chutney.... The Sambhar, was pretty unusual from what I have had.. It was very mild compared to the Hot & spicy Sambhar, which one gets at Other restaurants.. It tasted more like a Mildly Spiced Daal, with Coriander being a Very Prominent flavour in the Sambhar.
The Idli was quite dry for my liking & lacked the Freshness . The Vada was lightly spiced, hot & crisp, & quite nice to eat...
Masala Dosa, was actually smaller than the Normal Dosas. The Aloo & Pyaaz Filling inside the Dosa seemed Pretty generous for the size of the Dosa
Filter Coffee was very very strong & was not Hot enough... If you Like your Coffees to be steaming Hot, then the Coffee at Andhra Bhavan disappoints...Reheating , does alter the taste of the beverage & its unlikely to taste the same as when made fresh
For Rs 50for a Breakfast, which Includes the Coffee, its worth an Experience once. Do Visit at Lunch Time, have heard the Hyderabad Dum Biryani rocks

Taste – 6
Value For Money – 8
Ambience - 6