Showing posts with label Delhi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Delhi. Show all posts

June 3, 2009

Dharti gol thi.....

(clock wise from top Varun Sharma the Prof. , Mr. D, Mr. Me, Vav Singh, Satty the sattu, Mr. handu apna Mangu ::: Photographer - Megh)
Our college was such a place where I really felt that the Earth is round. Reason for this was the omnipresence of our beloved Mr. D (thats what he calls himself, what others calls him is a bit abusive, rather true). Until second year, it didn't mattered, whoever you are, wherever you may be in the campus, every one had this very fear that Mr. D (and the reason for my not using his real name is that he feels it derogatory) might arrive any moment to blabber, and bore you till death. He was an expert, and later on people started bullying him to get rid of his annoyance. My day in college was never complete without giving a dose of my stupefied 'Gyan' to him, so that he shuts his mouth up.

These days things have changed, and I have started feeling things are growing flatter, and so is the earth, We are getting away, despite the advances in Telecommunication and Internet. The reason being Mr. D is having a job, which fills his mouth with tons of stinking Indian Rupee notes, it keeps his mouth shut, and to add to it, Mr.D has also found his better half, rather his better three-fourth, Miss P. So Miss P keeps him busy, whenever he feels he is free. Its good for the Earth actually, and since Miss P has entered into Mr. D's life, the average intelligence of the Earth measured by the talks of people has increased significantly. Thanks a lot Miss P for doing this, keep on doing it, you are very good at it. These days they are in Delhi, making Merry. Something which we did two years back while interning at CARE (Center for Advanced Research in Electronics) in 'IIT Delhi', yeah I want to stress on the intern part because that was a hell of task for us. The title of our dissertation still scares the hell out of me. The pic below will justify it.

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April 7, 2009

Bon Vi-vant I - Royal Indian Delicacies

If your tongue longs for Royal Indian Non Vegetarian delicacies, then the original Karim's behind Gate no 1, Gali Kababiyan, Jama Masjid, Delhi is the place to be. Last month I was in Delhi with my friends and what better place to suffice my appetite than Kareem's. I have been to Kareem's in Mumbai too but all those chain of restaurents lack the very taste of the original royal kitchen of the common people, behind Jama Masjid. We ordered Chicken Biryani, Keema Masala and Rumali Roti. It was yummy, and royal. Seriously although I was missing Keema which my Mom makes but this was a different taste al together.

A brief history of the Hotel : When the last Mughal King Bahadur Shah Zafer was dethroned. The Karim's ancestors to save themselves from the fury of the British, fled from the Lal Quila and took shelter in the vicinity now called Farukhnagar, district Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, there they lived in disguise trying the different types of livelihood, simultaneously the father never forgot to inherit the fine art of cooking the "Royal Food" to his son.
In 1911, when Delhi Durbar was held for the coronation of the King George V, Haji Karimuddin moved back to Delhi with an innovative idea of opening a Dhaba to cater the people coming from allover India to join the coronation. Haji Karimuddin started the Dhaba selling just two items of Alu Gosht and Daal served with Rumali Roti.

And they never looked back after it. It is currently run by the 4th generation of the family and has transformed to a Pvt. Ltd. firm. The man in the pic beside is preparing Nihari and Paya which again are the exclusive dishes of Kareem's. Nihari stand for a breakfast dish, it originates from the word Nihar, which means morning and the dish was eaten late morning. origin of Nihari is from delhi and then it moved to parts of Pakistan. The experience in Kareem's was too good and then we hired Rickshaw and roamed around in Chandni Chowk. It was great fun.
Location : Gali Kababiyan, street opposite to Gate no 1 of Jama Masjid, Old Delhi
Damage : Rs 255.