Maharashtrian cuisine is so very earthy but hardly ever features on the menus of High Street restaurants or even neighbourhood eateries. At best, you get glimpses of it through the shenga powders, bakris and shenga polis at the many neighbourhood North Karnataka Food Outlets (because of their shared culinary habits) or street food like vada pav.
Once, at the cafe at Ranga Shankara, I savoured the most amazing sabudana vadas. They were just melt-in-the-mouth and to die for. But for this, my quest for Maharashtrian food had come to a nought - until I heard of Rajvardhan Foods.
Rajvardhan Foods is a darshini-style, standing room only eatery in Jayanagar. Their menu boasts of typical Maharashtrian delicacies like vada pav, sabudana vada, sabudana khichdi, dabeli, misal pav, thalipeeth, upavas thalipeeth, poha, shrikhand puri, pav bhaji, bhakri bhaji(brinjal curry with peanut gravy), amras puri(seasonal) and chana puri. I don't claim to be a connoiseur of Maharashtrian food, but I loved the amras puri, sabudana khichdi and thalipeeth. Sabudana vadas were good, but definitely not great-I would have liked them less greasy, and so was the dabeli and vada pav. This place is highly recommended for the authentic spread on offer, though they could do well to make for comfortable seating and standing space. (When I last visited, the standing space was completely on the pavement.) This place also stocks some Maharashtrian snacks and condiments and provides take-aways.
Address : 1291, 9th Block, Jaya Nagar, Bangalore.
Near ICICI Bank, Opposite KC Das Sweets,
Ph: 080-26540132, 9886303088/89
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