Punjabi Delight

It's back after a two-year gap, but making up for the time lost is the team at Hotel Shivalik View with their annual Tava Tandoor food festival. This year, it's gone bigger and better.

This weekend indulge in traditional tastes at the 8216;Tava Tandoor8217; fest

It8217;s back after a two-year gap, but making up for the time lost is the team at Hotel Shivalik View with their annual Tava 038; Tandoor food festival. This year, it8217;s gone bigger and better. 8220;For one, we now have a theme,8221; tells the hotel8217;s banquet manager Jagan Chaudhry, as he takes us around the lawns that will host the spread. This year8217;s theme is 8216;Pure Punjabi8217; and that8217;s why you8217;ll find earthy thatched huts dotted all over the lawns. 8220;We have replicated the feel of a Punjabi village complete with Bhangra performances,8221; lists out Chaudhry, as we notice the well-lit ambience with even a well to boot! That8217;s when Chef Atul Dutta walks in with his team that has meticulously put together the special menu. 8220;We will have different counters dishing out Punjabi specialties,8221; mentions Chef Dutta. So you have 8216;Mastane Di Hatti8217; that will offer a range of tandoori delights. Choose from 8216;Murg Lajawabi8217; a tandoori speciality for Rs 150, 8216;Murg Tikka8217; Rs 150 or 8216;Paneer Achari Tikka8217; Rs 75. If you love all that comes from the tandoor, then the 8216;Tandoori Phool8217; cauliflower comes highly recommended.

Keeping up with the rustic charm of the food fest, you can tuck into 8216;Sarson ka saag8217; with buttery makki rotis and Punjabi daal at 8216;Bhole Da Dhabha8217;. 8220;The onset of winter is the perfect time to relish traditional Punjabi meals and we thought of making it a weekend spread for the family,8221; adds Chaudhry. Precisely why there8217;s a special counter 8211; 8216;Tava Da Mazaa8217; that brings in 8216;Amritsari Machhi Sikander Di8217; Rs 125. If you are wondering who Sikander is then here8217;s a surprise. 8220;He8217;s one of our speciality cooks and this time we decided to name the counters by the cook who was manning them,8221; pitches in Dutta. So in come 8216;Tava Meat Manoj Da8217;, 8216;Paneer Taka Tak Mal Singh8217; and 8216;Pao Bhaji Jassi Di8217;. Completing the main course is 8216;Malerkotla di Biryani8217; Rs 150 to Rs 175. Team it up with one of the shorbas on offer at the counter quite aptly titled 8216;Sochde Sochde8217;. But if you are one of those who like to race to the end, there8217;s a treat in store. 8220;For the first time we have kadai dhoodh,8221; they chorus. And jalebi and gulab jamuns, of course.

The food festival is on Saturday November 15 and Sunday November 16.