Re: Vada Pavs goes global
aly-sam
yupe, flies add to that extra taste of street food! and yes as you said, proteins!
:p what you thought i live in Kaziranga National Park??! :P
yupe we get authentic pao vaji,bhel puri,vada pao,pani-puri/gol-gappa(itz called Fuchka here) etc here too. just that the first ones' the most popular along with the pani-puris!
hhmm..actually, here you will get almost no Assamese cusine !!! Assamese are minority in South Assam. itz all mostly Bengalis,Marwaris,Manipuris,Biharis,Dimasa,Boro and Nepalis with some Punjabis,Kashmiris,ppl from the rest of NE,South Indians and Tibetians around. the Punjabis and Biharis are mostly in the army, though a major junk of Biharis are here as cheap labours.
most Resturants and Street food stalls offer South Indian,Nepali,Tibetan,Punjabi,Mughlai,Hyderabadi,Bengali,Marathi(pao vaji,vada pao et al),Chinese, European,American(Burgers,
Hot Dogs..in short,the junkies) and Far East cusines, so nope, if you ever comeover here, the cusisne wont be that different! Beef and Pork are freely available. you can get Deer,Turles,Tortoise and other protected animals too( yeah yeah, i know itz a crime).But the Nagas can provide you the most variety of meat, starting from Dogs,Jackals,Snails,Foxes,Monkey,Buffalos,Crows..........
so even if you are from places in tribal Africa or live on Chinese or Far Eastern foods, you wont feel alien here! (though Chinese and Far Eastern cooking dont have Dogs,Foxes Jackals...) and did i mention Fish,Hen(ok, they are now being subjected to a Genocide over here),Mutton and Sheep/Lamb???
Indopak, well what Rocking Vibes said is true! next time in India, open your eyes when the stall wallah actually makes the food! you may find the stall wallah's precious sweats slowly draining into the mixture!! and if the man incidently has a running nose then..well you can very well imagine that !