Goodbye to Gujarat. No one can say good bye to Gujarat with out tasting the Gujarati thali and we did this on 26th december, 2018. We were taken to a very famous Restaurant in Ahmedabad, Grand Thakkar, which serves the best food in the city. There was a huge waiting line outside but since we had made a booking much earlier we did not have to wait. This restaurant started in the Saurashtra region and serves Kathiawadi food. The difference between Kathiawadi and the regular Gujarat food is that the former uses little sugar and there is no sugar in the vegetables. However, the Gujarati's cannot stay with out their sugar and I found the dal and kadi to have a lot of sugar. A variety of food is served in a thali(Indian plate) and this includes a variety of chapatis made with Jowar, Bajra, and wheat. They have some western food items too like the pasta and noodles primarily for children but I preferred to stick to the authentic Gujarati cuisine. There was buttermilk, pooranpoli, kichadi, a variety of vegetables dals. One ends up eating a lot of food but the taste is really amazing. We just forgot all the calorie count and grabbed and tasted every individual dish. The hotel bearers serve you with so much efficiency and love that they never let any small katori (Bowl) in your plate remain empty for few seconds. I am amazed at the variety of food India has to offer the the regional varieties in this to suit every palatte. Good bye to Gujarat and the World Heritage city till we meet again.
