Fanfare for a fan-samosa (fan)
Uh, so this post’s title ran away from me …but never mind. What you see in close up is a Japani Samosa. We read about this in the paper – this store run by a Sikh has been selling Japanese samosas for the last 60 years, so 4 days before I packed up my life in Delhi, we went scouring the streets of Chandni Chowk and Chawdi Bazaar for all the old-world treats. (we also bought jewelry on Dariba Kalan, the silversmith street, but the food really was the biggest draw). Here, across Moti Cinema, is Manohar’s Japani Samosa stall. The samosa is shaped like an accordion fan (think deep fried, stuffed, fanned phyllo.) The chhole, though, were to die for. (And after two helpings each, we were close.)
love the GIANT spoon 😉
not for the faint hearted 🙂
@Chettaker, erm, it was handy 😀
@Gaurav, nearly didn’t recognize you … if you’re in delhi, go check it out!
seems Chhavi savours Chhole a title that goes down well with a figure of speech. you could make a rap song… Chavvi savours Chole…. Fan samosa hole… Chhavi bole…. Samosa bol tole.. tereko nai mila tu role… (instant mix 🙂
is it just me, or does it look like a momo?
@Gopal LOL. I think it has great potential. Pan-India appeal with the language and the food references 😀 NICE!
@manuscrypts momo? not up close, it doesn’t. Blame my dinky camera phone and my bad photography for any resemblance to any momo living or dead. 🙂
looks too oily in this pic! what did it taste like? any idea why it’s called japanese samosa?
@Animesh – it was greasy and hot and stuffed with a very little bit of spiced aaloo – and like most greasy things, it tasted divine. It’s called a Japani samosa because it’s shaped like a hand fan such as this: http://lin.cr/11r
Looks too good … yummmm !!!
thanx for the link 🙂 someone very rightly said that all good things are immoral, illegal or they make you fat!!
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