JABALPUR Street Food Tour in Sadar/Gwarighat IEgg Dosa, Herbal Laddu, Phulki, Falhari, Gakkar Bharta

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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Kamlesh Ji Ke Samose
7:24 Indian Coffee House
11:04 Jain Sweets & Namkeen
14:21 Madhu Kalash
18:59 Rajbhog Sweets & Namkeen
21:46 Apka Falhari
25:51 Soni Jee Tea Stall
28:24 Upadhyay Hotel & Bhojanalay
30:35 Narmada Aarti

In today’s episode we are out to explore the street food scenario of Jabalpur’s Sadar and Gwarighat locality along with our gracious host Shubhi Pandey, who is a budding lawyer cum food blogger and her friend Shourya. The crowded streets in these places abound with a variety of pocket friendly snacks.

The first stop was Kamlesh Ji Ke Samose in Sadar which is the city's most popular samosa stall. Jabalpur’s love for the inexpensive humble samosa is boundless.and the crowd at Kamlesh Ji’s place testified the claim. Operational between 8 am to 2 pm this stall doles out fresh samosa and chutney to people from near and far. Since we were a little late, we could just grab the last two samosa. It was crisp, well spiced and truly worth the hype.

Then we headed to the nearby Rajesh tea stall for a refreshing cup of lemon tea. Here we had a heartwarming encounter with the locals who too have come for their regular cup. What followed was an earnest interaction revolving around the food recommendations, way of life and some quintessential anecdotes related to this city. We then knew why it is referred to as the city of etiquettes and hospitality.

Next we went to Malviya Nagar Branch of the Indian Coffee House. Alike all other coffee houses this too was a quaint place with an old world charm. The place was bustling with diners from all age groups. Here we tried a chilli paneer dosa and an egg dosa because they were an unusual addition in the generic menu of this institution. Egg dosa was a basic dosa topped with beaten eggs. It was fluffy and mild in taste. The chilli paneer dosa was simply dosa stuffed with chiili paneer. We didn’t really enjoy this fusion. Over filter coffee we discussed the city and its culture.

From there we went to Jain Sweets and Namkeen to have their season's special green peas kachori and some of their wide range of ladoos. The matar kachori was crisp and fresh. Among an array of ladoo we chose the herbal ladoo herbal ladoo which had different natural medicinal ingredients like turmeric, pepper etc. Its a hot selling thing during winter months as it boosts immunity. The owner, whose family originally hails from Rajasthan told us about the shop and the items. different types of ladoo owner family he told

After this we headed to Madhu Kalash for some chaat. It is a one point chaat shop with a modern ambience. The owner gave us an overview of the place that is mostly preferred by the elite crowd who can't afford to enjoy it on the streets and suggested we try the aalu tikki chaat and fulki. With a crisp potato patty, white pea curry and chutneys, this chaat was quite fun. On the other hand the fulki as the golgappe is known as here was crisp and zesty. Unlike the usual serving pattern, here the water was taken out with a ladle and not bare hands making it somewhat hygienic.

After this we reached a popular Bengali sweet shop named Rajbhog sweets. We wanted to have Jolbhora but it wasn't available so we settled for their winter special nolen gur rasogolla which is made with winter special date palm jaggery. It was quite decent.

From there we reached Gwarighat and the first thing that we tried here was sabudana vada or tapioca pearls fritters followed by some rabri at Apki Falhari shop. This place serves non onion garlic snacks that are fit to be eaten during fasting. Sabudana vada was served with chutney which enhanced its flavours. Rabri looked great but taste wise it was just decent. Hot gulab jamuns looked inviting too but we didn't try it as we had one more stop to cover.

Then we had some tea at Soni tea stall and gathered more information about this holy place from Shubhi. Finally we ended our tour at Upadhaya Hotel and Bhojnalay where we tried a very interesting dish called the gakkad bharta which was being sold all over this place. It is baked and deep fried multigrain balls served with spicy brinjal mash. Taste wise it wasn't that great as it sounded.

From there we went to witness the magical Narmada Aarti, a daily prayer ritual by the banks.

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