PATIALA PLATTER

Sameep Karve digs his teeth in Hot Parathas.

It was Sunday and just came to Baroda for holiday. Mumbai served me well and now it was the turn of my hometown-Vadodara. It was evening time and was having a normal chit chatting with my Chuddy Buddies. The conversation took us to our beloved topic food and our taste buds started to tickle so thought to have a sunset soiree and then we were thinking of options where to satiate our hunger. I recommended one place which was in my list from long time and this made our virtual travel to State of Punjab for some lip smacking Parathas and glass of Lassi. We headed straight to bylanes of Malhar point besides Zafaroon restaurant where there is an iconic eatery named Jashn e Paratha serving Hot Parathas and Patiala Lassi.

Jashn E Paratha welcomes you with a live tava counter on the outer patio of the commercial complex with decent sitting space in the mini restaurant.The menu has an impressive list of parathas, select biryani combos and desi beers – the Punjabi lassi and the Gujarati Chass. Asked the owner to surprise me with his signature paratha and hand picked the Patiala Punjabi Lassi (plain).

A ginormous 12-inch Parathas- Paneer Alu Methi and Cheese Garlic Parathas, slap-rolled by hand and given a tawa-tan in desi ghee headed up in my direction. Kissed with two bowtie-butter dollops from Amul, the paratha had a six-stuffing core complimented with an accompaniment of home-cultured dahi and fresh green chutney

Courteously given an 8-slice cut, the paratha is exceedingly rich in aroma and flavour. A mouthful is enough for you to vision the fertile plains on Ludhiana. A few chomps are enough for you to remember gobbling a similar monster you bit into as you raced up the Vaishno Devi hill from Katra. The piping heat on the crust gets a double dose of steam locked in the airy dough cavity holding the veggie-stuffing mix of potato mash, cauliflower, garlic grates, chopped onion, coriander and methi.
Patiala Lassi glass was shared by Me and one of my friend as we were already full with Parathas. The Parathas start from Rs.50 to Rs 120 and Lassi starts from Rs.60 to Rs.110.
As monsoon sets in, I believe the time to enjoy this waddey-waddey parothey is just right. Take the trip to Jashn E Paratha for sure…