Think of this Rajasthani capital, think of food, and it's a dead
heat between dal bati churma for a meal and pyaz ki kachori or (onion
kachori) - a spicy round flattened ball made of refined flour and filled
with onions, garlic and potatoes. Soaring onion prices - it sells for
around Rs.70 a kilo against Rs.30 a month ago - have hardly an impact
and the savoury is flying off the shelves as quickly as it comes out of
the frying pan. Arguably, there is no
better place to gorge on these hot onion filled kachoris than at the
Rawat Misthan Bhandar in the walled city. The outlet claims to have
"invented" these kachoris many years ago and they have become so famous
that any visit to Jaipur is considered incomplete without Rawat's
kachoris - otherwise you're certainly missing out on a quintessential
element of the Pink City. Each kachori, usually the size of a
quarterplate costs Rs.25 and goes well with tea, coffee or sweet lassi
(sweet buttermilk). Considered a favourite teatime snack, the Rawat
kachori is eaten at just about any time of the day (even before and
after a full meal). "Three of the things which are a necessary part of
the kachori - onion, garlic and red chilli - are grown in farm near
Jodhpur. Even the groundnut oil which they use to fry these kachoris is
brought in from Gujarat in tankers.The unique part of kachori here is
the taste and aroma. They serve the Kachoris without any tamarind and
mint chutneys so that customers can feel its original taste. Moreover,
such is the flavour of these kachoris that a chutney or sauce is not
needed." Rawat Mishtan Bhandar started selling these kachoris in Jaipur
from 1972 and since then there has been no looking back. The kachoris
are served from 6 a.m. right till 10 p.m. into the night and one can see
long queues of people eagerly waiting for the lip-smacking snack. It
has average daily turnover of around 10000 steaming hot, crispy and
flaky Pyaz Kachoris. The kachoris are not only popular within the
country but are now also travelling halfway across the world with
increasing demands coming from countries like Singapore, Dubai and the
US. These kachoris have become so popular that people come to them
enquiring about the shelf life as they want to take them abroad,It has a
shelf life of around 30 hrs and hence it has gained so much of
popularity in overseas countries also as people can conveniently parcel
them and can have them at their homes by heating it in microwave. A
staff of over 200 is dedicated to this culinary art, working from 5 a.m.
in the morning late into night. Eating these kachoris hot is just out
of this world. You just cannot wait to have them coming to you straight
from the pot.
So if you are in Jaipur dont miss this savoury of Pink city
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