Imagine asking for sapad in a fine dine restaurant or for that matter craving to eat halwa after a Dhansak, weird combination isn’t it, but Coimbatore makes it possible. In the rarest of culinary surprises, Khanaboy Batlivala brings to you the flavours of one of its speciality restaurant Savya Rasa through the concept of a pop kitchen.
It’s a 20 day epicurean journey that offers authentic south Indian cuisine of seven different southern regions of India along with serving the regular Parsi food Menu.
Every dish is a tale to elucidate the region it belongs to, infact the recipes are taken from the locals living in that area unlike cooking it in the standard way and manner.
Right from tasting the Malabar parottas to Mangalorean curries, from Chettinad spice to Konganad rice, in every bit you can taste the united kitchens of South India.
“Coimbatore is always looking out for different options to eat, but it’s not possible for us to open all the cuisine outlets in Coimbatore, so we thought through Khanaboy we shall bring in the menu of our other restaurants for a limited time period so that the city can taste various cuisines. We have started it with Savya Rasa with many more to follow.” As quoted by Mr Uday, CEO of V.M Hospitality.
Spicy as south Indian cuisine is known for, savya Rasa has a multitude of options for both vegetarians and non vegetarians. The must try vegetarian starter, urulai podi varuval are baby potatoes complimented with fried chillies lots of curry leaves and a secret recipe of hand pounded spices. The first bite of it creates a sizzle in your mouth; you want to resist but aghhhh its just mouth wateringly spicy but yummy.
That was a veggie treat but there is so much for a meat eater too. Sainu Thatha’s Kozhi kebab is a fusion of two different worlds. It’s like a marriage of Arab style of cooking chicken with malayali spices and coconut milk. Sounds absurd but too irresistible to let go.
And that’s not all; their main course has something extremely unusual to offer a vegetarian, saiva veral kuzhambu. Yes! A mock fish curry that has all the ingredients and taste of a fish but doesn’t have the fish, instead it has fish shaped pattice made of ground green lentils.
The description of food can go on for the next two days, but fun is not through words but through taste, so stop reading and get ready to give your taste buds a flavour of some spice and rice.