Mirchi Bajji
Long chillies in gram-flour batter, split and stuffed, fried to order. Coconut chutney on the side.
Goan cooking, entirely vegetarian. Two hundred plants, a rain curtain, floor seating — and somebody playing most evenings.
Every section on the menu, dropped in a heap. Grab one and throw it about — then go read the real thing.
See the menuMost evenings someone is playing. A keyboard against the logo wall, a guitar passed around, candles down on the floor and the room sitting cross-legged in front of it. No cover, no green room, no setlist we can promise you in advance.
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Four towns, four things worth getting wet for. Runs alongside the main card while the rain lasts.
Long chillies in gram-flour batter, split and stuffed, fried to order. Coconut chutney on the side.
Flat, crisp, studded with onion and curry leaf — the vada that got its name from a railway platform.
Soft, round, sour-tinged with curd. The coast's answer to a rainy afternoon.
Vada drowned in thick curd, then scattered with sev, pomegranate and coriander.
Lotus Building, above Haldiram's on 17th Cross. Open every day from eleven.