Gunpowder.... It's a word associated with war's , fighting and basically anything gruesome!Fortunately if that word is mentioned anywhere in the midst of Delhi it makes your stomach rumble. It is indeed a fabulous restraunt situated at 22 Hauz Khas village, Delhi.The food is south indian and having just moved here from Kerala where dosa's and idli's rule the food chain, I was having a bout of homesickness and was therefore dying for some chemmeen varathu( prawn fry). So after much weedling and whining on my part we set of for Gunpowder on a burningly hot sunday afternoon. Upon reaching our destination we spent a good 20 minutes searching for the restraunt itself. Finally, we came upon a grimy staircase leading up ... and up... and up...
By the time we arrived at the narrow corridor leading to the restraunt we had worked up quite an appetite. Lucky for us the climb stood us in good stead as we were ravenous.After much argument, we eventually decided on a sweet and sour prawn curry, panni varuthu( stir fried pork), chicken curry, methi daal, mango chutney and malabar paranthas. The food came surprisingly fast and so without much ado we dug into it. The chicken was quite nice, with the perfect balance of spices and gravy, the prawn( which i was most looking forward to) was , to some extent a bit of a dissapointment as the lime, spices and sugar did not go well together but it was still fairly edible. The dish of the day would have had to be the pork, which was fried to a crisp and tasted like home.the daal didnt look appetizing at all but turned out to be surprisingly delicious as for the mango chutney? one word. Fantabulous!( that is a word , okay?) .To put an end to a perfect meal we ordered 'semiya payasam' which is a sweetdish consisting of milk, sugar, vermicelli and cashews. On a hot day like that it would have been wonderful to eat it cold but I , being my idiotic self, went and stuffed it in the microwave.It still turned out fantastic though. I must say that for those who are in Delhi you must try this restraunt out.. it will knock your socks off ( though in this heat, who wears socks anyway?)
By the time we arrived at the narrow corridor leading to the restraunt we had worked up quite an appetite. Lucky for us the climb stood us in good stead as we were ravenous.After much argument, we eventually decided on a sweet and sour prawn curry, panni varuthu( stir fried pork), chicken curry, methi daal, mango chutney and malabar paranthas. The food came surprisingly fast and so without much ado we dug into it. The chicken was quite nice, with the perfect balance of spices and gravy, the prawn( which i was most looking forward to) was , to some extent a bit of a dissapointment as the lime, spices and sugar did not go well together but it was still fairly edible. The dish of the day would have had to be the pork, which was fried to a crisp and tasted like home.the daal didnt look appetizing at all but turned out to be surprisingly delicious as for the mango chutney? one word. Fantabulous!( that is a word , okay?) .To put an end to a perfect meal we ordered 'semiya payasam' which is a sweetdish consisting of milk, sugar, vermicelli and cashews. On a hot day like that it would have been wonderful to eat it cold but I , being my idiotic self, went and stuffed it in the microwave.It still turned out fantastic though. I must say that for those who are in Delhi you must try this restraunt out.. it will knock your socks off ( though in this heat, who wears socks anyway?)
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