Festive Servings

“We’re bringing the whole South into this,” says Arun Kumar,Cuisine & Brand Head of Zambar restaurant at Phoenix Market City,Viman Nagar. The restaurant will be serving a vegetarian thali with sweet and savoury Kozhukattas instead of modaks. One of the Kozhukuttas will be made in a kheer of milk and cardamom. Sabudana preparations like khichadi,puris,sundal (a chickpea dish),medhu vadas and kachcha kela stir-fry are included on the menu. A Gunpowder fruit chaat will also be served.

Hotel Shreyas located off Satara Road is holding a special Maharashtrian Food Festival at their premises on September 24 and 25. The festival comprises of cuisines from places like Vidharbha,Konkan ,Khandesh,Marathwada,Kolhapur and Pune. Some of the dishes on the menu include Kolhapuri Veg Pandhra Rassa,Modak,Kolache Pohe,Goda Bhat,Kolhapuri Misal amongst others.

In original style,Coffee shop The Eatery at Four Points – Sheraton in Viman Nagar is also scrapping meat in favour of a more novel idea. “We’ll give the customers a list of vegetables and the customer tells us how he wants them made—dry,with gravy,spicy,charred—we’re offering complete customisation,” says executive chef Sunit Sharma. He adds that the mawa modak,made in-house,will be served along with the regulars,Shrikhand and Aamrakhand.

Sun N Sand Hotel,Bund Garden Road,will be serving date and coconut modaks and rawa maalpuas. The sweet delicacy is included on the a la carte menu and will be available till the Ganesh Festival is on.