Highlights
One of out of those many outlets in the central area, when it comes to Maharashtrian food in Pune. Sanjha is a must have. Rest is just OK.
One thing that I really admire about Pune is – traditional Maharashtrian food mostly cooked in household kitchens of the state – is even available here on commercial counters. You can find many such outlets in central part of city such as Deccan, Sadashiv Peth, Laxmi Road etc. One of them is Khadadi in Sadashiv Peth. The name khadadi is Marathi means greedy for food, similar to bhukkad in Hindi. Such fancy names may not always guarantee an equally fancy eating experience though. Anyways Khadadi not necessarily belongs to that category.
Menu here is huge, from Pakodas to Thalipeeth, from Puri Bhaji to fasting food, options are ample. Of course you cannot have everything. So something that cannot be missed is I would say – Sanjha. Sanjha is a cousin of Upma but made with curd or buttermilk instead of water. It is delicately soft and seamlessly rolls down the mouth. A mild flavour of curd gives it different touch. It is accompanied with a chutney of which I am not a fan. Felt like it could perhaps go well with the typical coconut chutney served with Idlis in South Indian restaurants
They have a great variety of Pakodas as well. Ten odd, yeah seriously Ten. Mug (Green Gram) and Palak (Spinach) that I tried were decent. However low on salt and spice-meter. Thalipeeth – a mandatory item on the menu, especially when it comes to traditional Maharashtrian food in Pune. It is a thin pancake made of multi grains (cereals as well as pulses) served with pickle and curd is crisply roasted and soft inside. But again quite low on salt and lack the spicy punch.
Ultimately they are doing a great job but really need to raise the spice-meter and may be add some more salt to the recipes.
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