Foodie Note in C R Park New Delhi

Hello Foodie.Do you know stories of foodie is unlimited.Today my discussion is about foodie life style in CR Park ,New Delhi,the short distance from Govindpuree where I live and my interest in Bengali cuisine has made more loving to this area.Of course ,Durga Puja celebration location is CR Park for me as I love it by heart.Located in a predominant Bengali colony of the capital city of India, C R market offers sight of numerous stalls, gorged with fish,there is one for everyone’s taste, of all sizes and colors, from small shrimps to huge “Kingfish”.

It all started after the partition of India when the division of East Bengal (currently with Pakistan) and West Bengal (currently with India) took place. In those confusing times, Bengalis in large numbers started migrating throughout the country, and a handful of people settled in Delhi under the name of EPDP colony (East Pakistani Displaced Persons Colony), which was later renamed after a prominent figure in the Indian Independence Movement, Mr. Chittaranjan Das.Be it a mustard mixed Shorshe eelish (Hilsa fish), or mishti doi, or jhal muri and mochar chop, CR Park has outlets selling all these and more.

CR Park Market no. 1 has more puchka sellers, jhalmuri stalls and other classic Bengali evening snacks in and around the area. Jhalmuri is an uncooked mixture made of puffed rice, onions, spices, peanuts and a lot of other ingredients depending on individual tastes. The usual options are boiled potatoes, tomatoes, finely sliced coconut, mustard oil and roasted gram. 

Unlike Delhi’s gol gappa, puchka has its own charm, it’s crispier, it’s spicy, the stuffing is how it should be – potatoes mixed with spices and a lot of chillies, and the paani is a sour mixture of imli, lemon and everything Bengali.Mutton ghugunee (yellow peas cooked in gravy) is a hot, filling snack option though the plain ghugunee is clearly more popular.  Fish fingers, Egg devil, Mutton cutlet, Mocha chop (banana flower cutlet), Posto narekel bora (fritters made of poppy seeds and coconut) ,‘luchi aloo’,Kosha Mangsho and spicy Bengali styled muttonare other food items found here.

A bowl of Bhat (boiled rice) and Doi katla i.e. fish prepared in curd which is tangy soft and moist from the inside,Bhetki shorsha, a unique dish where the fish is boiled in milk first and spiced and oiled later,if prepared well, it has a creamy, runny flavor in each bite, with an interesting sprinkle of the pungent taste of the mustard oil that’s been used, slice of Beguni (sliced eggplant coated in besan and deep fried) as a side.

CR Park is full of enjoyment for a foodie and the taste from Bengali Cuisine to Punjabi dish are owesome as they carry ethnic varieties of food and flavor .You can also get bengali lal shak,pui sag,variety of fish,mitha paan,banana flowers and other bengali raw food like amrah,chalta tenga,taro leaf and shoots here which attracts a  lot of people to come to this market. Anyway ,one love to be here during evening.