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cityspideyofficial · 3 years ago

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The happy and beautiful celebration of Navratri is here. The 9-day festival is about supplications, sattvic food, and commitment towards Maa Durga. This year, Shardiya Navratri celebrations 2021 takes place from October 7, 2021, to October 15, 2021.

The celebration denotes the appearance of Goddess Durga on Earth. During these nine days, it is believed that the goddess wards off evil. Alongside, there are exceptional food varieties that can be enjoyed during the festival.

During these nine days, devotees fast to seek the blessings of Goddess Durga with their dedication. While a few fast for all nine days, other people keep them in a couple- the initial two or most recent two days of the Navratri.

The nine days of prayers and celebration also includes a variety of fasting good menus. Navratri menu does not have garlic and onion as it's a ritual to suspend onion and garlic during the event.

We bring to you the best from the Navratri menu of Delhi restaurants

Haldirams

Here in Haldirams, you'll be amazed to see a variety of Navratri food. Haldirams is known for its sweets and Indian food. Every Year during Navratri, they add on separate Navratri menu. The food items you'll find are our special paneer thali, special aloo thali, vegetable raita, aloo tiki and so on.

Navratri Special "Vrat Thali '' at Rajdhani

Just as each day of Navratri celebrates a new colour, each day the Vrat Thali would offer a different combination of the food items on a rotational basis introducing your tastebuds to a new blend of flavours every time you dine at Khandani Rajdhani during the nine days of festivities.

The chefs are preparing special vrat dishes, including Sabudana Vada, Sabudana Khichdi, Sweet Potato Halwa, a Kadhi, Sabudana Papad, Special sabji and Rajgira puri, Sabudana Kheer, Samo Rice, fruits, Sweet Lassi and more, all following the traditional Parampara and fasting requirements.

The items will be served on a rotational basis. Available From 7th October to 15th October

Pind Balluchi

The Pind Balluchi will offer a special menu that will gastronomically step up the upcoming nine-day festival. The chefs at Pind Balluchi have designed an elaborative thali that is not just for those who are fasting, but also for those who are not fasting yet want to stimulate their taste buds with some interesting food. With dishes like shahi paneer, vrat rice, sabudana kheer, aloo tamatar and kheera raita, they are all set to please you with their menu.

Punjab Grill

Punjab Grill assures you one of all the most effective festivities during Navratri. They serve a range of authentic and delicious foods, especially for your fasting needs. While regular favourites like Vrat Wali Lassi, Rajgira Ki Puri and Paneer Kaju Makhane and plenty of more hit the proper hunger notes on the special The 9-day menu includes unusual treats like Kesari Rasmalai and Doodhi Halwa to pamper your palate and enlighten your taste buds

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pravasichhokro · 3 years ago

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Experience of living in different cities

In my life of more than 7 decades, I have lived in some 8 cities starting from Ahmedabad, Pilani, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Yokohama( Japan), Muscat (Oman) and Bangalore, in that order. I will make an attempt to pen down the “trivial”, but not so common, features of my experience.

I was brought up in Ahmedabad from 1954 to 1967, which were mostly my student days. We lived on the outskirt of the city and our society of bungalows was surrounded by open fields where still farming was going on. Other than school and college, I was busy playing different games with my neighbors. I enjoyed Gujarati snacks and would take extra efforts to get them. Our neighbors were very kind and did not complain of our cricket or other games played anytime of the day. City had a very good bus service and it was our main transport. Our bungalow had a few tenants like us but it did have a problem of water and sewage. Water supply was short and erratic, and septic tank sometime spilt over. We loved the festival of Navratri ( Garba/Dandia) and kite flying on Makarsankrant.

I shifted to BITS, Pilani hostel for five years from 1967. The change from day scholar to hostel life was huge. I could do what I wanted and when I wanted (freedom) except class attendance. Other than academic pursuit, I was able to indulge in sports/games. I learnt how to play basket ball, table tennis and contract bridge. I improved my ability to play carom, cricket and hockey. Being confined to the campus for a couple of months at a stretch, I enjoyed food in the mess and also outside at Nutan market/dhabas. I was introduced to black (udad) dal, lemon rice, mawa mutter, stuffed parathas and stuffed capsicum/tomato in the mess. Outside the campus got to taste Titar (partridge), reportedly a banned bird. I was bombarded by Hindi movies as every Saturday a movie was screened for students. I probably saw more than 125 movies in BITS in five years, compared to less than 20 movies seen earlier. Initially the old movies were screened in 16 mm in a quadrangle of the main building but later new movies in 35 mm in a huge auditorium. Once in a while, we escaped the campus life to see late night movie in a makeshift shed called Jayashree talkies.

After graduation in 1972, I lived in South Delhi till the late 70’s, initially as a bachelor and then a family man. Major problem of Delhi was public transport as I did not own a vehicle then. City bus (DTC), autorikshaw or yellow taxi were most unreliable and the operators ( drivers and conductors) most non-cooperative and rude. My wife, who joined me from Bombay, was most shocked as she compared this scene with BEST of Bombay. I did not face much problem as I used a contract bus to go to office. As a bachelor, I used to join others on most Saturday night’s for a party. The liquor law did not permit drinking in public so we sometime managed to cross into Haryana (Faridabad) and consumed beers and chicken. Returning after the fling was not a problem as “drive after drinks “was not an offence. In Delhi, we enjoyed different types of food –Punjabi and Chinese. Our favorite places were Lajpatnagar market, M block market in GKI, Narulas and Hongkong in GKI. Most tasty samosa was made by a small vendor in East of Kailash A block market. At residence, we faced water shortage and had to cook on kerosene stove.

We shifted to Bombay in early 80’s and lived there for 8 years. Biggest difference was a moderate summer compared to Delhi and very efficient city transport whether bus, taxi or autorikshaw. We also enjoyed the sea and its beeches- Girgaon, Dadar, Juhu and Malad. We, however, had to face some water shortage. We once again were able to enjoy street food like batata vada, Frankie, bhel etc. We also loved Irani café menu of maska pav, kheema pav, baida( egg) roti etc. We started going to Marathi plays often and enjoyed the change from Hindi movies. I got to own a flat in 1982 and a Bajaj scooter in 1984. That made life easy.

We moved to Pune in the mid 80’s for a brief period and are staying there till date (more than 20 years) except our breaks to go to Japan, Oman and Bangalore. In first phase, we got to live in a bigger place, owned our own Premier Padmini car and telephone line at residence, all thanks to Thermax, my employer. The major sigh of relief was water availability and good round the year weather-moderate summer, monsoon and winter. These advantages remain even today. Pune offered the advantages of a village and city. Distances were short and day out picnic spots in the surrounding hills were approachable and affordable. I got introduced to music (performing arts) of all kinds –classical, light, gazal, filmy and non filmy. I was able to attend live performances of stars like Pt. Jasraj, Kaushiki Chakravarty, Shaunak Abhisheki, Hariharan, Raghunandan Panashikar, Jagjiy Singh, Alka Yagnik, Shankar Madhavan,Shaan, Sarod by Amjad Ali, dances by Hema Malini, Minakshi Sheshadri. Also new upcoming stars like Vibhavari Joshi Apte, Hrishikesh Ranade.Pune reintroduced us to Lord Ganesh and we love the ten day special festival of Ganpati. I was and am able to indulge in outdoor activities like walking, swimming and going to hills. We got introduced to YOGA-pranayam, Omkar, suryanamskar etc. We do it regularly even today. Our health received a boost as we got to know more about homeopathy medicines as my wife has seen lot of benefits to this alternative therapy. I was able to afford and enjoy different cuisines. My membership of a club once again enabled me to see a Hindi movie every week. Since it was free, one had the luxury to walk out of un-interesting movie without feeling guilty.

We moved to Yokohama, Japan during the 90’s. The change was huge-from “stone” age of Pune, India to space tech level in Yokohama,Japan. The weather was excellent and all the utilities-water, piped gas, electricity and land line were reliable and affordable. First time we used a Microwave oven and rice cooker with a timer. Only my daughter’s international school fee was a huge dent on my pocket but she had the best quality of education. We got initiated into Japanese food and loved visiting China Town for authentic Chinese cuisine. My daughter enjoyed the American fast food at McDonald’s and Pizzas at Shakey’s. Surprisingly there were more than fifty Indian restaurants in Tokyo area and we loved the Naan served there. The public transport (bus, train, taxi) was reliable, clean and convenient even for foreigners like us despite the language hurdle. We also enjoyed a ride on the famous bullet train (called Shinkansen) from Yokohama to Kyoto (400 kms). Like Japanese people, we also started visiting and appreciating the nature in the hills near Yokohama including hot springs and Mt. Fuji. We were surprised and shocked to find all public places-footpath, roads, stations, bus stops and toilets were spotlessly clean (clean like home). Another surprise was that weather forecast was very reliable and available in the lift lobby of the buildings. Being an island country, it would rain any time and this forecast helped. We also got introduced to huge superstores and malls. Some malls were part of railway stations e.g. Yokohama. We also got to know the vending machine culture of Japan. Many daily required items (soft drinks, coffee, tea, snacks, milk, beer, cigarette etc) could be purchased from vending machines which were all over- on footpath, near stations, lift lobbies, parks etc.Even train tickets were on a vending machine. We also made our first visit to entertainment parks like Disneyland. We also got used to the deep tub (OFURO) bath that Japanese used to keep warm during winter. I got introduced to Sumo, the Japanese wrestling and professional baseball.

We moved to Muscat, Oman for two and a half years in the late 90’s. Other than the high temperatures (summer could be + 50 Deg C), the life was very enjoyable. Oman was an exception in the Middle East and it honored Indians and Hindus. The biggest hurdle to mobility was a driving license and I got it fast luckily. I was glad to drive around in a Camry, poor person’s Mercedes. We were regular visitors to 200 year old Shiva temple and newly built Krishna temple, both built and managed by kutchi community. We were able to buy Indian vegetables and fruits easily and reasonably priced. There was easy access to Indian restaurants and street food. We got introduced to Kerala paratha (laccha paratha) and some tandoori roti from Pakistani outlets. We got introduced to Lebanese cuisine and we loved it. We could go out for dinner, which also offered Indian music or Egyptian belly dance. We were privileged to see Hindi movies on Thursday night, a day before they were released in Mumbai. We were able to drive down to Dubai in 4 hours (400 Kms) and enjoy the shopping. Driving was a pleasure as all had to follow the traffic rules and they were followed. Muscat had lovely road side greenery and flowers, and they were maintained with great efforts. Muscat airport restaurant was open for non-muslims during Ramadan and that was a big relief.

After retiring from a Pune company in 2012, I took a short assignment in Bangalore. We were lucky to stay in huge residential complex in Whitefield. First time in our life, we stayed in high rise building on the 11th floor. We enjoyed the famous Bangalore weather but had to face mosquito menace. The complex had a zero water requirement as it treated and re-circulated most of the sewage. It, however, gave a bad smell in parking area (basement). We had to bear bad water quality. We used aqua guard treated water for cooking and bought Bisleri for drinking. The water quality also reflected in poor quality of green vegetables. Another problem we faced was traffic jams- it took almost 90 minutes from our residence to reach the airport. Most facilities in our area were catering to IT crowd and hence it was re-adjustment for us.

In conclusion, I can say that present day life style is a mixture of what we picked up from different cities. Ironically my wife always wanted and wants things from the cities we left behind. For example, she wants palak, green peas and fulgobi (vegetables) from Delhi, Fish from Mumbai, Farsan from Ahmedabad, Miso soup and Yakisoba from Japan, Mysore pak from Bangalore. These small things keep us connected to the cities we had lived in.

#Ahmadabad #pilani #mumbai #pune #yokohama #muscat #delhi

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sajolroy · 6 years ago

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Chaitra Navratri 2019: If you are preparing to fast during Navratri and would like to catch a delicious break, you may choose to visit any of the below restaurants, featuring special Navratri menus... from NDTV Food - Latest http://bit.ly/2K9V8Jb

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indiatouristhelpdesk-blog · 6 years ago

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Best Places to enjoy the delicious Navratri Thalis in Delhi

Come Navratri and everyone who lives and breathes food, dies a slow death for nine days. Navratri means a lot of restrictions on what to eat, especially outside. But restriction does not mean that you have to put an end to eating good food. Because no matter what you believe in but Navratri Thalis, which the restaurants in the entire city are going to offer these entire 9 days, are the best thing to have happened. So get ready to fill in your tummies with the goodness of kuttu ki puri, palak ke pakode, arbi aloo ki shami, sabudana papad, banana chips, papdi chaat, paneer makhni, and a whole lot of other delicious things. Use our guide and head to these restaurants for the yummiest food during Navratri in Delhi.

Haldiram’s

Nothing can beat the filling and homely thalis that this place serves during the Navratri festival. If you want some delicious goodness to get you out of food blues that haunt you in this season, then head to this joint. They offer a lot of exotic options to choose from, which comes packed with a number of Navratri delicacies, so brace your palate!

Where: L-Block, Outer Circle, Connaught Place

Cost: 600 for two.

Bikaner

The Navratra thali at Bikanerwala is a delicious option to strike the balance between fasting and feasting. They serve two kinds of thalis, each equally good, that you would want to gorge on them all day. The thali comes with delicacies like makhana kheer, sabudana papad, aloo sabzi, shahi kofta, mix-veg raita, kuttu puri, and traditional Bengali sweets.

Where: PVR Anupam, Community Centre, Saket

Cost: 550 for two.

Kaleva

Indulge yourself in some festival goodness this Navratri and have the best thali in the city at Kaleva. They offer a lot of authentic Navratri dishes which makes it a place to be during this season.

Where: 109, Bangla Saheb Marg, Gole Market

Cost: 350 for two.

Rajdhani

This place excels when it comes to Rajasthani cuisine, so expect a good time for yourself during Navratris also. They have it all – from kuttu puri to kheer to samak chawal to paneer sabzi. Nothing can beat the food and service offered at Rajdhani.

Where: 9-A, Atmaram Mansion, Scindia House, Connaught Place

Cost: 950 for two.

Imly

Fill yourself with the best of every mouthwatering vegetarian dish imaginable at this joint. And it is not the plain old vegetarian dishes, they bring creativity to their food menu by introducing lip-smacking items to eat.

Where: Shop F-20, Hog Market, Rajendra Place, New Delhi

Cost: 700 for two.

The Masala Trail

Head to The Masala Trail for a delectable Navratri Special Menu with interesting dishes for whole nine days. The menu offers a lot of Navratri dishes from different corners of India.

Where: 2nd Floor, Select Citywalk Mall, Saket

Cost: 800 for two.

Soda Bottle openerwala

Everyone's favourite Parsi food joint offers some exclusive vegetarian dishes from their specially designed 3-course vrat meal during Navratri. So this is the place to be at during the nine-day festival. Their special vegetarian menu includes sabudana papad, cutlets, aloo sabzi, kuttu atta puri, vrat ke chawal,and sabudana kheer.

Where: 73B, Khan Market, Rabindra Nagar

Cost: 1,300 for two.

Dhaba At the Claridges

Celebrate Navratri at this luxurious Dhaba-style setting inside one of Delhi’s swankiest hotels. Dhaba by The Claridges will swoon you with their special menu that will satisfy your taste buds like no one can.

Where: The Claridges, 12, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road, Aurangzeb Road

Cost: 4,300 for two.

What are you waiting for? Head to these restaurants and satisfy your taste buds.

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