MUMBAI PAUSED: Ramadaan 2011 Series

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New Mill Road, Kurla

Mumbai Street fashion. Eid flowers, caps and the year-round gamcha.

See Street fashion set.

Off Mohammed Ali Road

Feast In The Age Of Indefinite Fasts: Main Course.

And finally, the real reason to go to Md. Ali Road. Especially for us greedy gluttons. The ones who can't skip a single meal, ever.

For the meat.

But first, a salute to these guys who are fasting and cooking. Like millions of others across the country and the globe right now. I wish I had that kind of will power.

This dude was irritated at his helper because they were still cooking even after his prayers and everybody had broken the fast. Masterchef deadlines!

The Raw and the Cooked.

In many parts of India, we like to mask what we eat. We love to eat, provided we block out what we are eating. So here's what you will be eating, uncensored:

Indigestible. The child helper who is manning the chopped and butchered chopping board.

Feast in the age of indefinite fast: Eating the soup.

At the Bademiyan stall near Minara Masjid, you get two soups. Chicken and Jawaani (youth). The flavours of the Jawaani soup is better, it's called Jawaani because there's goat balls swimming in it. However, the blander chicken soup is better to bite into, especially if your mouth is not used to the texture of testicles. The flavours come from the spices and garnish shown above.

The following picture of me, the greedy pig (clicked by Shiva) will ensure that you would've lost all the appetite remaining after reading this post.

Off Mohammed Ali Road

Feast in the age of indefinite fast
Pav-wallas

Off Mohammed Ali Road

What to eat when you wake up after dreaming about

fasting with Anna.

In an online poll by Tehelka, when asked to list the favourite "fast food", there was a clear demarcation between the food chosen by people who actually fast and the likes of me who only love meat or fight corruption by supporting an old man starving himself to death. People who fast, chose food that do not shock your digestive system. They chose comfortable food like easily digestible fruits, with carbohydrates and water content to restore balance in your system.

First fruits, then, chase the fruits down the alimentary canal with a few bites of crispy Bhujiya.

Fasting also makes your mouth very dry. So drinking water and brushing your teeth is also a recommended activity. If you are in a tearing hurry, you can imitate this man with a datoon still in his mouth ordering his food.

And since you are a true Indian waiting for a university seat in America or Australia, this has to be followed by a cup of hot, steaming tea, sticky sweet at its best. And have a healthy debate about the relationship between Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan.