Do you remember eating sweet parathas in your childhood? When kids threw a tantrum, refusing to eat, giving them a paratha with ‘cheeni’ (sugar) on top used to be a trick employed by the mothers. Taking Indians’ love for all things sweet a bit too far, now a street vendor in Agra is making gulab jamun parathas. Yash Chauhan, a food blogger, posted a video of the vendor on Instagram in April. The clip shows the cook preparing the dough by stuffing two gulab jamuns in it. The street vendor informs that this paratha costs Rs 60 and he recently started making them. Strangely, he is then seen serving the paratha with kadhi, potato curry (aloo subzi) and chutney. Watch the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yash Chauhan | Foodie🍕 (@yourbrownfoodie) Since being posted, the clip has received 7.1 million views. Bizarre food combinations are nothing new on social media. Last year, a video of a ‘Candy Crush Paratha’ available in Delhi’s famous Paranthewali Gali in Chandni Chowk went viral. A video of tasting the paratha was shared by food blogger Chahat Anand on her Instagram. While the paratha made with a filling of candy, jelly, honey, dry fruits, seems worth a try, the savoury accompaniments with the sweetened paratha left many netizens asking ‘why?’ It is served with a pairing of regular potato curry (aloo sabzi), pickle, and green chutney.
