Mekedatu Munch

After a reasonably long night of overindulgence, a couple of peeps and I headed for a bike ride towards Sangam (off kanakpura). Now, having been there a couple of times earlier, I remembered this quaint village about 20kms before mekedatu where I had sampled some pretty decent chicken ?itams?. The time warp that some of these villages subsist in ensured that nothing about the place had changed. In fact I was able to find the mess I had eaten in very easily even though I had been there only once before 4 years ago. The location of a local bar aptly titled ?Sangam Wines? within 20 feet was met with affirmative grunts so we ended up spending our lunch time indoors even though chunchi falls wasn?t too far away.



The biryani itself is nothing really to write home about, though he is very generous with the pieces of chicken. The rice used is one of those large grain varieties, which I think is native to the region and makes the whole dish feel more like a pulao than a biryani. He also serves it with some pretty decent pacchadi and sherwa. His chutney though really is his saviour. Made from coconut and loads of ginger, it?s got that extra bit of twang and goes really well with the rice. We also got some mutton fry, but it just passed of as something you can eat if you?re really hungry. The other stuff we didn?t really try, but nobody seemed to be trying any of it anyways.

I definitely recommend this place if you are close by, mainly since it?s the only place to get some food for 40 kms.

P.S: We met a farmer who gave us 20 ripe ?badami? mangoes fresh off the orchard at Krishnayanadoddi in exchange for Rs.35 and a cigarette. They were absolutely fantastic?



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