Kumar Samosa wala – 21 and still counting

Kumar Samosa wala – 21 and still counting

Samosa brings to memory a bulgy triangular body stuffed with spicy mashed potatoes. I read somewhere long time back that samosa is originally a mughlai dish to be stuffed with keema.  Non-veg not being a popular choice in Indian sub continent, the keema was replaced with potato – food for the masses. The samosa has been a roller coaster ride since then. Samosa is a first choice of snack on arrival of guests, sometimes substituted by pakoda. The samosa shop can be located in any nook and corner of the country. Tea is the bride and Samosa is the groom, both incomplete without each other.

Kumar Samosa wala at moti nagar, delhi has continued the history of replacing keema with potato. Till now has discovered 21 such replacements and still counting. Malai Paneer, Chowmein, Shahi Paneer, Manchurian are not the dishes at kumar samosa wala but the different kinds of samosas. All look same outside but not inside. Each has a different stuffing. All salty and spicy is not the tradition, there are two variants of sweet samasa as well. Gujiya Samosa and Chocolate Samosa.

Where: The shop is located in a residential colony behind Milan cinema in karampura, Delhi. Looks like just another snack shop in a residential colony and is identified by a bunch of customers waiting for the order to be served or packed.

Business Hours:  Opens at around 9 in the morning to 8:30 in the evening.

Serves: More than 21 varieties of Samosa, Cheese sandwich and rolls. It also hosts a small set up of Chinese counter outside the shop on road serving spring roll and fries. The samosas are served in paper plates and can pick your choice of chutney or sauce from the counter. Tissues are available on request.

Taste:  Samosas are tasty but the USP is variety and not the taste.

Price:  Aptly priced, the price for simple aloo samosa is 12, paneer and sweet variants are 25. Spring rolls are priced at 40. Value for money.

Serving Size: The size of each samosa is around that of a fist and very filling.

Hygiene:  Good. No exceptional bad catch noticed.

Ambience:  They don’t qualify to this. It is a small shop with the counter placed at the front. One cannot enter the shop and no arrangements for sitting.

Staff:  Again not applicable. There are just two individuals in the shop taking money and giving back samosas.

USP:  One gets to taste more than 21 variants of samosas at one shop and a very decent price.

Packing:  They pack the samosa in brown bag with the green chutney in case you want to take them along.

Why to eat? :  Want to have different varieties of samosa.

Why not to eat? :  Want to eat something other than samosa.

Truck from village to city

O jatt nikla gaddi leke. . Miniature truck. What better toy to expect in a mela at Punjab. Word 'truck' often brings to memory a highway, a dhaba, happy go lucky sardarji performing bhangra(punjabi folk dance), chicken tangadi (leg piece) and urad chana dal popularly known as dhaba wali dal. These all images rotate in a halo of my mind. I liked the toy very much and more than that the humbleness of the street vendor. He allowed me to click it. He was feeling very proud when the truck was being clicked as if his son is being promoted to some grade officer. A stark difference in city and village was noticed. A street vendor in metro might have recalled all my blood relations as I am wasting his time in clicking it and not purchasing anything. His apprehensions and weird behaviour is justified to villainous high costs of city. The one at village is content and cool. He has nothing as too big to compete as compared to the urban counterpart. Sometimes development seems like irritating and undeveloped or no development seems so peaceful and soothing. . #truck #travel #travelphotography #miniature #automobilephotography #autophotography #vehiclephotography #village #rural #city #urban #development #underdeveloped #shankar #punjab #lonelyplanetindia #_soi #delhi_igers #india_igers #india #streetsofindia #yin #yin_india #storiesofindia #jalandhar

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कमरे से कैमरे तक।

कमरे से कैमरे तक। from room to camera. कमरे refers to enclosed, orthodox set up of the society, where women are limited only to the inside of house. They are considered as showpiece of the house. The limits are at max to the main door of the home. They deal only with culinary devices and household chores. The skill set starts and end at cooking, embroidery, singing(only bhajans{holy songs}) and sewing clothes. Dealing with outside world was considered as question on the girl's character. कैमरे (camera) refers to the outside advanced world, no difference being made on caste, creed, colour, sect or sex. The present day women has made it real far. The distance travelled has made the society proud. The change is positive and is welcomed. The women education has led to this positive revolution. No body can solve the problems of women better than the women themselves. They should be equipped and encouraged to do so and the best medium is education. No reservations can win them the due respect and position as what a mandatory education can. I clicked her at nasik kumbh 2015. What I liked most about the click was the confidence of the photographer. Though only a mobile camera and all by herself, the authoritative style of clicking was amazing. . . #travelog #travel #kumbh #kumbhmela #kumbh2015 #nasik #womenphotographer #women #photographer #photogtaphersofindia #camera #room #womenpower #_soi #india_igers #indiaclicks #storiesofindia #flavoursofindia #yin_india #vistarooms #oyorooms #lonelyplanetindia #trimbakeshwar

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