Mysuru: As if the fare served on the stage by some of the most talented drama troupes in the country is not enough, the connoisseurs, visitors, and the stray people who walk into the Rangayana premises to watch the plays and films at the National Theatre Festival Bahuroopi, are in for another delectable treat —gourmet’s delight.
There are 12 food stalls and right from 11 am, as the visitors enter the Rangayana premises, their noses lead them to the food stalls because of the wafting of the aroma of the spread.
A few of the stalls that tickles the taste buds is worth mentioning. The first is that unique Mysuru speciality ‘Churumuri’ and who better at it than the Ramanna Special who have specialised in making this evening snack so popular.
Ramanna, who is no more, had started dishing out churumuri nearly 45 years ago and after he passed away, his son Paramesh is continuing the tradition and serving churumuri during the Bahuroopi Festival since the last seven years.
The most popular recipes are pomegranate and mango churumuri and other that is equally in demand is Datta special, which is made out of coconut (kobri mithai) that has a dash of uppesaru kara, salt and lime. The packets of churmuri are sold for Rs.20 and Rs.30.
The north Karnataka jolada rotti, ennegai, girmittu, seemakki vade, lollipop – a unique taste with tamarind and chutney made of uchhallu and kadle and akki rotti are the other specialities served by Usha S. Karan, who has come with a team of 14 from Hubballi. She is also a well-known caterer who has been coming to Bahuroopi since last seven years. An aged Dundamma is the one who rolls the jolada rotti on a stone, and smears water instead of oil as the flour will become bitter otherwise, rolls it thin and then serves the joldada rotti with ennegai.
The brother and sister combination from Bagalkot ‘Shivakumar and Bindu’ stall is also frequented by the visitors for their fresh obbattu that includes cashew obbattu sold for Rs.50, bele obbattu for Rs.20, carrot and groundnut obbattu for Rs.30. They fly fast out of the frying pan as the visitors order for takeaways.
The organic stall Bhuvi sells plantains, vegetables, navane and seeme rice varieties for the health conscious people.
The other attractions are the bookstalls and the Handicraft stalls.
Meanwhile, the Film Festival is drawing good crowds and the tickets are sold out for all the dramas that are going to be staged today.
This post was published on January 16, 2018 6:51 pm