Kulekerera ndi Kusamalidwa - Malo Odyera ku India Oldest North ndi Real Find
Malo a Punjab ku Covent Garden ndi malo omwe mumawakonda kwambiri omwe aliyense ayenera kukhala nawo pamndandanda wawo. Ndili bwino, lili kumbali ya tawuni ndipo, koposa zonse, chakudya ndi choopsa.
Punjab yakhala pamakona omwewo, ku Shaftsbury Avenue kumapeto kwa Neal Street, kwa zaka zoposa 60. Ndi malo odyera akale kwambiri ku Northern India.
Banja la Maan lakhala likuyendetsa kuyambira pamene adatsegulidwa ku Aldgate mu 1946 kukatumikira kunyumba yopanga punjabi kwa oyendetsa Lascar ku East London docks.
Izi sizinalipo kale Brits adayesa ngakhale chakudya cha Indian. Ngakhale kuti posakhalitsa anasamukira ku Covent Garden (malo abwino owonera malo, malo owonetsera masewero ndi West End Shopping), eni ake akhalabe olimba ku mizu yawo, akumanga mokhulupirika ndi chakudya chabwino, chodzichepetsa ndi chowonadi.
Serendipity Pa Mvula Yamadzulo
Ndinayendayenda ku Punjab ndikuyesa chakudya chakumadzulo chaku North North mwangozi. Ndikanakhala ndikuyenda kudutsa kwa zaka zambiri popanda kuzindikira zambiri. Ndiye kusankhidwa koletsedwa, kunandipeza kunja komweko monga nyengo inasinthira.
Milungu ya Chipunjabi iyenera kuti inali kuyang'ana chifukwa pamene ndinkadutsa Punjab, mphepo yamkuntho inasanduka mvula yamkuntho. Ndinabisala pansi pa malo odyera a blue barn awning ndipo ndimakhala pafupi ndi malo otentha, okongola kwambiri. Chinthu chotsatira inu mukudziwa, ine ndinadzipeza ndekha nditakhala mkati, menyu mmanja.
Old Fashioned Koma Osasunthika
Zojambula zakale zodziwika ndi zojambula zamakono - ndikujambula pamtambo wakuya kapena nsalu za mpiru zam'nsalu - kuphatikizapo malo abwino.
Mawindo akuluakulu amatha kutsegula mbali imodzi ya mapiritsi oyandikana nawo - kumbali ya Neal Street, Shaftbury Avenue ndi Monmouth Street - kupereka maonekedwe okondweretsa okwera alendo, ogwira ntchito ku ofesi, ojambula ndi malo owonetsera. Malo odyera akufalikira pa zipinda zingapo mu nyumba ya zaka mazana atatu.
Ma tebulo ali pafupi kwambiri omwe amachititsa phwando la anthu lachisoni kumbuyo kwanga kupweteka pang'ono, koma ndi Covent Garden zogulitsa nyumba pompano, ndi quibble yaing'ono.
Kutonthoza Mtima
Amwenye a North Indian kuphika adzapeza malo a Punjab omwe amadziwika bwino. Mitundu ya nkhuku, mwanawankhosa, nsomba, prawn ndi zakudya zamasamba zimaphatikizapo kusankha kwa Tandoori kwa omwe amakonda chakudya chawo cha ku Indian. Koma kusiyana kwakukulu - Korma, Madras, Jalfrezi, - ndizovuta kwambiri, zokometsera osati zopanda moto.
Ndinasankha Nkhuku Yamphongo, nkhuku yamakono ya Punjabi ya nkhuku, yomwe imayambitsidwa ndi yogurt, ndipo kenako imatulutsa msuzi mu msuzi wa tomato, batala ndi zonona, zokhala ndi chitowe ndi mbewu za coriander, tsabola wa cayenne ndi woponderezedwa makamera. Chakudyacho chinali cholemera ndi chokhutiritsa, kokha kwa tsiku losautsa, tsiku lamvula. Ndipo gawolo, ndi magawo awiri odzaza nkhuku, linali lokwanira kwa awiri. Msuzi unali wabwino kwambiri kuti ndisachoke pamphepete moti ndinayambanso ndi mkate wa mkate.
Punjab yatumiza chikho cha Butter Chicken pa webusaiti yake - ndithudi amayenera kuyesera.
Ndipo Zokambirana
Potsatira nkhuku, ndinayesa Gobi Aloo, kuphatikizapo mbatata ndi kolifulawa. Mbale wamba, ndiwo zitsanzo zabwino za momwe amphika a ku India amasonkhanitsira zonunkhira zosiyanasiyana - adyo, chitowe, ginger, turmeric, paprika, garam masala ndi coriander - kupanga zovunditsa zosiyana ndi zosaoneka bwino.
Ndipo kachiwiri, gawo lopereka, okwanira awiri.
Zophikidwa bwino, mpunga wa basmati wosakanizika, mafuta amphongo achikopa ndi Coke anatsiriza chakudya changa chamasana (ndikudya chakudya chamadzulo ndi chotsalira chodzaza kunyumba). Ndi ndalama 10 zothandizira , zakhala pafupifupi £ 25 - osati zoipa ku West End London pamene mukuganiza kuti ndikanakhala nawo.
Ndikuyembekeza kubwerera kudzayesa zochitika zina zapakhomo kuphatikizapo Acharri Gosht, wotchuka ndi Punjabi diners, ndi Kali Dall ya Grandad, chophimba chakuda chodetsedwa ndi agogo a mwiniwake. Ndipo ngati zonsezo ziri Chigiriki kwa inu, musadandaule. Mndandanda wodzitetezera bwino wa mbale iliyonse ndi yolimbikitsa.
Maphunziro apamwamba kwambiri ali pafupi £ 10 (zophika za nsomba zimapindulitsa pang'ono), ndi zothandizana nazo pafupifupi £ 5 mpaka £ 7. Mavitamini (raitas ndi saladi) ndi mikate yochokera kumasankhidwe ambiri (ndian, paratha, roti ndi chapati, odzaza ndi omveka, okoma ndi osangalatsa) amachokera pa £ 2 mpaka £ 3.50.
(Mitengo yolondola mu 2016)
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