Traveling of Ahmadabad is incomplete without a
treat in Bhatyar Gali. This Street food Gali is treated as heaven for food lovers
of Ahmadabad.
After
9pm there’s no place in Ahmadabad to walk. That’s the time to come to Bhatiyar
Gali. Appease your hunger cramps by heading to this one-stop-destination for
all your street-food cravings.
The narrow lanes of Bhatiyar Gali in
Ahmedabad come alive in the evening every day, with stalls selling a variety of
street delicacies to gorge on. After 9pm there’s no place to walk. That’s the
time to come to Bhatiyar Gali. Appease your hunger cramps by heading to this
one-stop-destination for all your street-food cravings.
It derives its name from the word
‘Bhathiyara’, which means a person who cooks and sells food. The vendors say
they started out as Bhathiyara (cooks) serving meals to weary travellors coming
from North. Slowly, as the city developed, they turned to business and this
place exists to this day as a street food bazaar.
Indeed, ‘tradition’ is a recurring theme at
Bhatiyar Gali, which prides itself on being almost as old as the city itself.
Members of the Bawarchi community preside over the kitchens here, and maintain
that their forefathers came to Ahmedabad alongside Ahmedshah Badshah in the
1400s.
Bawarchid’s
of Bhatiyar Gali boast that they are a traditional community of cooks and still
use the Mughlai recipes and techniques. The masalas are made by the ladies of
the family.
It is just adjacent to Teen Darwaza bazaar
in Ahmedabad, a place of constant clatter. Everywhere there are high-pitched
shoppers and handcarts piled with fluorescent glasses and furry rugs. Gigantic
pink teddy bears dangle from the branches of a dispirited tree. The evening
azaan faces stiff competition from the thunk-thunk of energetic ladles.
As you make your way through crowded lanes
and by lanes, you see cooks hurriedly giving final touches to their delicacies.
The tandoors are all set for dishing out mouth-watering delicacies.
The exhaust fans, somehow attached to the
makeshift charcoal grills fill this Bhatyar Gali with irresistible aromas.
People from all age groups including the health-conscious souls happily relish
these lip-smacking dishes.
The aroma of frying fish quarrels with the
not-so-polite odors of an overcrowded old city. Waves of heat emanate from a
hundred frying pans, tavas and bhattis. A small crowd munches away near the
chicken tikka Wala, nimbly protecting toddlers and toes from crazy Scotties.
Few
of mouth watering dished are, its 600-year old tradition of non-vegetarian
delicacies. Bera Samosa is known for serving tiny, spicy meat samosas and
deep-fried meatballs. Tava-Biryani, Bheja Masala, Chicken Angaar, Keema
Samosas, Chaap Fry, Bhuna Gosht, spicy Skewers charcoal-grilled ,seekh
kababs, Mutton and Chicken Tikkas.
The ambiance of Bhatiyar Gali (or shall we
call it atmosphere) is one thing which is even better than our both favorite
places – neater, cleaner, greener, more sophisticated, less crowded & the
entire feeling of newness! There are around 12-13 food joints.
I’ve realized that the people of Ahmedabad
want eating out to be an experience. “This could be a romantic ‘Dil Se’ evening
at Bhatiyar gali.
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