Indian food for the 1st night of Chinese New Year :-). Many Chinese restaurants, except those at Jalan Alor, were closed. To their credit, Nagas in Brickfields didn’t raise prices unlike some other eating places.
Briyani rice with side dishes of eggplant, mutton, potato and cauliflower. Delicious!
Olympus OM-D, ISO 1000, f3.5, 1/30 sec.
For me, a good Roti Telur is one with crispy but lightly burnt skin fused generously with tantalising eggs. The fluffy mixture inside should be garnished sparingly with fried onion bits. The recipe may be simple but there is surprising variety in quality and taste.
One very good place to sample Roti Telur is a stall in the MBBJ Medan Selera in SS 3/33. The stall (with no name) is numbered 4, 5 and 6 and is run by an Indian family. Apart from the delicious Roti Telur (as shown in picture below), they serve authentic putu mayam and vadai (among other breakfast food).
Roti Telur is the egg-added variation of the popular dough-based dish known locally as Roti Canai. The circular flatbread is known as Roti Prata in Singapore. At the stall I mentioned, it is served on a circular metal tray with compartments for dhal (lentil and bean stew) and spicy curry gravy and sambal paste (a spicy chili pepper condiment).
Check out the Masala Thosai from Namaste in TTDI, the next time you are in the area. The crepe-like skin is made from a batter of rice and lentils and stuffed with spiced potatoes, fried onions and herbs. At Namaste, the delicious vegetarian meal is served with the best coconut chutney outside Kerala, India. Their tandoori chicken, garlic naan and mango lassi were excellent too.
Photographed on location with the Olympus OM-D, PanaLeica Summilux and Litepanels MicroPro. To bring out the subtle texture of the tosai (dosa), I sat the light on the table at a diagonal angle.
Namaste Indian Cusiine is at 4 Jalan Datuk Sulaiman, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur. Incidentally, the humble Masala Thosai is listed as one of the world’s 50 most delicious foods by CNNGo.
