A NIGHT LIFE IN SHIVAJINAGER FOOD STREET

On a fine Saturday night, if you are looking for some memorable dine-out experience in the heart of the city, undoubtedly there is only one place which will welcome you with an array of yummy food. Shivajinager! Let me take you on a voyage to the amazing experience. The air is filled with distinctive aroma from frying pans, rustic street food carts, food cart-blocked roads with vehicle movements.   

Frying pan with meat

Bangalore is known as a place for nightlife buffs, but it also gives amazing options for the non-vegetarians. Sivajinager is home to a wide range of rustic restaurants, dishing out a wide variety of mouth-watering spicy non-vegetarian food. The place is abuzz with eateries and frequent customers. 

a boy preparing kababs 

As soon as you enter the street you can smell the frying meats in authentic spices. If you need to grab a seat, you need to wait for some time even in the unlikely hours of the night, at 2 am! This street is a respite for the late night employees and commuters looking for a yummy dinner.

“Hot samosas?, fresh fruit? Kebabs? What will you have?” The food is wholesome and delicious.

The million-dollar question as you step into Shivajinager is: “What will you have?”

Your senses are in a flap, hot Samosa from the frying pan, piping hot seekh kebabs, spicy tandoori chicken, steaming chicken kebab rolls and a multitude of other dishes.

Wherever you look, colours of every hue hit you.

There are tempting kebabs in red, green and shades of orange; people competing for the vendor's attention to get their order first.

people are enjoying food in a kebab restaurant  

Iftar Opening 

Asking for a favorite

The favorite dishes are mutton keema, mutton brain fry, beef rolls and sheeks.There is no exclusive menu on your table and the place is not your typical cosmopolitan and sophisticated restaurants you experiment with often. But you need not have to wait for such a long time on your table for your order.

verities of meet bites 

This man busy with seekh  preperation at a street stall

The street is not disappointing for someone with a sweet tooth! On offer are intensely tasty but delicate sweet items, hot and tempting. At the cash counter, you will find sweet counter filled with a sweet called kajwer made with rava, egg and banana. It looks like a solid brick tower and people are standing around with a glass of hot tea. I frequently drive to Shivajinager to eat and parcel Kajuwer to home. The other side of the cash counter one can see a large spread-out of sweet cakes called faluda which are baked in front of you, which adds to tempting aroma around.

Shivajinager is very famous for Sulimani, which you can have after a heavy, non-vegetarian dinner. People drive down from different parts of the city to drink to have this hot Sulimani.   

The star of the evening is undoubtedly a bowl full of ‘haleem'.

This is the ultimate slow-cooked wonder, full of gentle spices and warm comfort, and a Pakistani favorite. Haleem gets its lovely sticky consistency from constant stirring, so give yourself to the hypnotic cooking and enjoy the aromas as you do.

Prepared Haleem

This broth is a staple during the holy month of Ramzan. It is traditionally an Afghani dish made of minced meat, broken wheat, spices and ghee. The ingredients are stewed for half a day and served topped with fried onions, chopped coriander and lime juice.

Hot Samosas

Vegetarians, don’t worry. The street still has a limited variety for vegetarians, such as potato and onion samosas, vegetable biryani, fresh-cut fruit and sweet tea.

John Antony

Photo Journalist 

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