KhaneChal, Bangalore - Parantha Paradise

Being lovers of North Indian delicacies our quest for a good parantha shop has been never ending. Especially when you have stayed away from home for around 4 years, its intensity grows beyond expression and every opportunity is welcomed with open arms. Something of this sort happened to us around 2 weeks before. While visiting the neighborhood “COSMOS” mall the hoarding of a new “parantha” shop caught our attention. “KHANECHAL“ is located on the first floor , above the kundalahalli post office, opposite to Cosmos mall in Brooke field.

Without wasting any time we gathered with the few people (who like us are in constant search of good food) and planned to have our dinner there itself. We went in a group of 6 so that everyone can order a different type of parantha and we can have a feel of all he has to offer.

The first view of the place isn’t that impressive, specially to people used to eating at high end food joints. You’ll find the minimum interior done to enhance the surrounding. Tables with four chairs are placed in around 4 rows. We joined two tables and made sufficient place for all of us. The menu came and it was a delight to find that All but 2 items in the menu comprised of Parantha’s, ranging from the typical Potato, Radish, Onion, Methi stuffed to the less common Boiled egg, even including the rarely found Tomato and green peas parantha. The remaining two things in the menu were A Thali and a must soft drink, “Lassi”. To top it, the menu was not at all heavy on your pocket. It promised a couple of paranthas ranging from 40 to 60 bucks.

To start off we ordered a variety of 5 different types viz. Aloo, Onion, Boiled egg, Tomato and radish parantha. We cant help but mention that every type was a marvel in itself. One of the best parantha’s I layed my hands upon while staying in southern part of India. They were a big 8” in diameter and every bite came with the perfect mixture of flour and stuffing. The salt and spices were perfect with a hint of chillies. The good thing was, that green chillies were used instead of the powder, so if anyone has a disliking (like Mayank) for a nose-watering treat can always part with the chillies and enjoy. It was served with Raita (mixture of yoghurt and cucumber), a pudina chatni and one of a kind chilly pickle.

To be specific the top rated was the boiled egg and the onion paranthas. The egg was perfectly boiled and was cut in fine pieces so as to stay in between the flour. A little increase in size could have made the stuffing penetrate out and ruined the fun. The onion parantha was sufficiently filled with one of the finest forms of onion. The main thing about onion parantha is the type of onion used, if it’s a little bitter, it may ruin the whole taste. The onions chosen were sweeter and were homogeneously distributed.

A tummy filling parantha treat can never be complete without a thick sweet lassi. The lassi was near to perfection. It was more of a curd battered with sugar with minimal amount of water, so thick that we had to use a spoon to enjoy it. The perfect dinner had a perfect end with a perfect sweet lassi.
Coming on to the rating business for analytical minds to judge on the restaurant, we’ll say (on a scale of 10)
Ambience – 5
Taste – 9
Value for Money – 9