Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Food on Indian Railway Platforms: My Top Five

Just felt like listing the Top Five Food items I had enjoyed on Indian Railway Platforms over the years :)

What's yours?

The pics are not mine; just copied the closest looking from the Net...


5. Toast wrapped in Omelette, Nagpur (late 1990s)
 
4. Egg Roll in Howrah (mid 1980s)
 
3. Samosa in Nalgonda (early 1990s)
 
2. Egg Biryani on Konkan Railway (early 2000s)
 

 
1. Poori Aloo in Nandyal (mid 1970s)
 

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14 comments:

  1. Liby Johnson22 April 2014 at 10:56

    No pictures to go with it, but here goes mine:

    Hot rice and dal; Raipur (last seen 2005)

    Puri , alu sabzi, chai in mud cup; Kharagpur and Khurda Road (last seen 2005)

    Bread omelette; Vijayawada

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  2. Sivakumar Surampudi22 April 2014 at 11:02

    Liby: Even by reading, I can make out that the Raipur Hot Rice & Dal is yummier than the DalChawal of Indigo!

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  3. Pankaj Shukla22 April 2014 at 16:43

    We had amazing paratha with aloo matar.sabzi on new delhi platform while visiting during holi this time... we were wondering how could they make it so tasty... that dark red oily gravy...

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  4. Sivakumar Surampudi22 April 2014 at 19:23

    Pankaj: The "dark red oily" description reminds me of a Paratha I had somewhere near Aligarh on a UP Highway!

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  5. Geeta Singhal22 April 2014 at 20:17

    Tasty Rabri from anywhere on the Mount Abu platform also needs a mention :)

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  6. Sivakumar Surampudi22 April 2014 at 20:32

    A Dessert is a good addition to the list, Geeta :) I still recall amazing Rabri I ate in Indore some thirty years ago!

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  7. Vibhu Mishra22 April 2014 at 21:57

    Adding to the list Sir, Lassi at Mughalsarai (U.P.) Railway station

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  8. Sugandha Anwekar22 April 2014 at 22:20

    chole khulcha on train from Delhi to Jammu

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  9. Sivakumar Surampudi22 April 2014 at 22:22

    Vibhu: Does the Lassi at the RS also have as many layers of Malai as some of the city based stalls have? :)

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  10. Sivakumar Surampudi22 April 2014 at 22:24

    Sugandha: Amritsari?

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  11. Unknown22 April 2014 at 23:13

    Not to forget Litti Chokha was introduced when Lalu became Railway minister

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  12. Sivakumar Surampudi22 April 2014 at 23:57

    Jyoti: Is the लिट्टी चोखा sold on the trains as good as what's available on the streets of Kolkata and Delhi? I never tried in Bihar...

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  13. Unknown26 April 2014 at 07:35

    Sir, today I,m in East UP- Gorakhpur & Kushinagar. Found Stalls of Litty -Chokha everywhere. Tried many- all little different but Yummy. I like most burnt flavour of coal and raw flavour of mustered oil.

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  14. Sivakumar Surampudi26 April 2014 at 10:53

    Burnt coal and raw mustard is a great flavour combo, Desh!

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