Culinary Bed of Nails? ID Help needed on dish

PeakXV · Oct 8th, 2005, 01:06

HTTP://www.indiamike.com/india/attac...d=31 13&stc=1

Snappped this in Narkanda a few years back.

It looked like sort of an Aloo Masala with chile peppers protruding outwards.
I always wanted to try it but never knew it's name and/or how to order it.
Anybody know its Moniker??

KSivani · Nov 9th, 2005, 02:41

My guess would be that it is a particular restaurant's peculiar presentation of an otherwise common dish. IOW, you might have to return to that particular restaurant to get to eat one that looks like that.

(Of course I could be entirely wrong and this could be a well-known dish from an region that I know nothing about!)

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

- Sivani

PeakXV · Nov 9th, 2005, 03:17

Thanks KSivani, you may well be right .... However, after I snapped it, I showed it to associate who grew up in Lucknow and he said that it was a very delicious dish that he had more than once growing up there. Had my mouth watering and wishing I had a plate or two .. Said that the name would come to him and tell me tomorrow......well you know the rest of the story. Thus the probe, still like to try whatever it is even if I have to trek to that spot in Narkanda again!

KSivani · Nov 9th, 2005, 04:06

From this distance it looks like either a biryani or pullao, but you said it looked to you like an aloo masala-type thing, not rice-based. Hopefully you'll find a few Lucknavis to answer your question :-)

cyberhippie · Nov 9th, 2005, 04:28

Couldn't be a tapioca based dish, could it??

PeakXV · Nov 9th, 2005, 05:16

Tapioca content is possible!? DrumRoll and the name of it is .........

or even some sort of a masala Halwa (is that possible?) may not be out of the question .... but it was being served around 10-11 am ... kind of brunch time. Those are some sort of hot peppers are they not? ..... Maybe it's just a giant spicy himalayan omlette made from the egg of the Jungle Fowl

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vir · Nov 9th, 2005, 05:56

If you think its Tapioca (Sabudana) based then it may be "Sabudana Khichdi".

I have never been to Lucknow, but could it be Poha...?

jens · Nov 9th, 2005, 09:48

Quote:

a tapioca based dish...?

I thought the photo was just a bit blurry...

I vote for something ordinary...biryani...with special garnish. Nevertheless enticing.

I was in MP in a small town and had an amazing dish with chickpeas and tomatoes, and b/c it was the beginning of my trip I forgot to note it down, thinking it would certainly turn up on future menus. Alas, I never found it again, although subsequently, of course, I had many many different chickpea/tomato dishes...some ok, some nice, some darn right nasty, but never the same.

And I didn't even snap a picture.

vinayverma · Nov 9th, 2005, 10:17

The pic is not very clear but I think this can be:
a) Poha or
b) the filling made of boiled & mashed potatos that goes into a Samosa.
c) The filling for a aloo parantha.

Its more likely that it is one of b or c.
Since Narkanda is a hill station and cooler part of India, people would love have anything which is prepared fresh and hot. So the restaurants prepare wither fresh Samosa or just keep the inventory to bare minimum, so this may be a display of their filling for samosa / Parantha instead of already prepared Samosa.

jaybel · Nov 9th, 2005, 11:40

hi..
To me it looks like the stuffing for aloo paratha..as if you look closely at the pict..on the left side one does see a pile of paratha under the lid !

Ciao

PeakXV · Nov 9th, 2005, 19:16

Thanks everyone. Very informative. Learned about some dishes that I didn't know existed! Jaybel, good work on the parantha tucked under the lid ... hadn't noticed that!

Dr Funkenstein · Nov 9th, 2005, 19:28

No idea what it is - but those chillies look evil !!!

PeakXV · Nov 9th, 2005, 19:55

I know I learned my lesson on peppers in Mexico along time ago ... it was only 10am and I was afraid that if indeed those were some sort of hybrid habaneros or seranos .... there would be nary a grog about to douse the flames .... even the limca wallah's seem to be sleeping at that hour.

Oct 8th, 2005, 01:06	#1
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,196	Culinary Bed of Nails? ID Help needed on dish HTTP://www.indiamike.com/india/attac...d=31 13&stc=1 Snappped this in Narkanda a few years back. It looked like sort of an Aloo Masala with chile peppers protruding outwards. I always wanted to try it but never knew it's name and/or how to order it. Anybody know its Moniker?? Attached Thumbnails

Nov 9th, 2005, 03:17	#3
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,196	Mystery Dish Thanks KSivani, you may well be right .... However, after I snapped it, I showed it to associate who grew up in Lucknow and he said that it was a very delicious dish that he had more than once growing up there. Had my mouth watering and wishing I had a plate or two .. Said that the name would come to him and tell me tomorrow......well you know the rest of the story. Thus the probe, still like to try whatever it is even if I have to trek to that spot in Narkanda again! __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Nov 9th, 2005, 05:16	#6
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,196	Deep Dish Surprise! Tapioca content is possible!? DrumRoll and the name of it is ......... or even some sort of a masala Halwa (is that possible?) may not be out of the question .... but it was being served around 10-11 am ... kind of brunch time. Those are some sort of hot peppers are they not? ..... Maybe it's just a giant spicy himalayan omlette made from the egg of the Jungle Fowl I think its about time Indiamike lines up Madhur Jaffrey for an Online public forum

Nov 9th, 2005, 05:56	#7
vir Indori Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 239	Sabudana Khichdi? If you think its Tapioca (Sabudana) based then it may be "Sabudana Khichdi". I have never been to Lucknow, but could it be Poha...?

Nov 9th, 2005, 10:17	#9
vinayverma Maha Infrequent Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 1,289	The pic is not very clear but I think this can be: a) Poha or b) the filling made of boiled & mashed potatos that goes into a Samosa. c) The filling for a aloo parantha. Its more likely that it is one of b or c. Since Narkanda is a hill station and cooler part of India, people would love have anything which is prepared fresh and hot. So the restaurants prepare wither fresh Samosa or just keep the inventory to bare minimum, so this may be a display of their filling for samosa / Parantha instead of already prepared Samosa. __________________ If Life is a journey....travel on...and on..on..on.....

Nov 9th, 2005, 02:41	#2
KSivani Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pacific NW, US Posts: 39	My guess would be that it is a particular restaurant's peculiar presentation of an otherwise common dish. IOW, you might have to return to that particular restaurant to get to eat one that looks like that. (Of course I could be entirely wrong and this could be a well-known dish from an region that I know nothing about!) Sorry I couldn't be of more help. - Sivani

Nov 9th, 2005, 04:06	#4
KSivani Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pacific NW, US Posts: 39	From this distance it looks like either a biryani or pullao, but you said it looked to you like an aloo masala-type thing, not rice-based. Hopefully you'll find a few Lucknavis to answer your question :-)

Nov 9th, 2005, 04:28	#5
cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,012	Couldn't be a tapioca based dish, could it??

Nov 9th, 2005, 11:40	#10
jaybel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 142	hi.. To me it looks like the stuffing for aloo paratha..as if you look closely at the pict..on the left side one does see a pile of paratha under the lid ! Ciao

Nov 9th, 2005, 19:16	#11
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,196	Narkanda Surprise. Thanks everyone. Very informative. Learned about some dishes that I didn't know existed! Jaybel, good work on the parantha tucked under the lid ... hadn't noticed that!

Nov 9th, 2005, 19:28	#12
Dr Funkenstein Joolay !!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Manali, Himachal Pradesh Posts: 854	No idea what it is - but those chillies look evil !!! __________________ Out There Somewhere : My Travel Blog.

Nov 9th, 2005, 19:55	#13
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,196	I know I learned my lesson on peppers in Mexico along time ago ... it was only 10am and I was afraid that if indeed those were some sort of hybrid habaneros or seranos .... there would be nary a grog about to douse the flames .... even the limca wallah's seem to be sleeping at that hour.

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