Saturday, January 09, 2016

Winter specials at Soam - ponk na bhel and lots more!

- by Deepa Krishnan

Have you tried the winter specials at Soam? Here's a look at what I ate yesterday:
Ponk Bhel, made from fresh jowar. Only available in this season. Made delicious by a peppery shev, peanuts, a tamarind chutney, and a sprinkling of pomegranates. The dash of lime brings in a freshness.
Their yummy farsan platter (this is available all through the year). The cheese and palak samosas are to die for. The chutneys are fabulous too, especially the mango chunda. It has cashewnuts!
The basil lemon juice is really very nice. I've never seen it on any menu elsewhere in the city. Normally I always have their sugarcane juice, but I'm glad I decided to try this one instead.
Roasted mashed brinjal (odho), with fresh white butter and bajra rotla. You feel like you are in some rustic Kutchi heaven.
Undhiyo, with puri and raita. The taste comes from the fresh green winter beans and yams, with a 'hara' masala of green garlic, green coriander and green chilli.
Every single dish was absolutely yummy. There's still a lot more of the winter menu to try, so I'm going back again soon. Maybe next week!

11 comments:

krishna said...

wow!! so many yummy food.. really Mumbai magic..

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Charukesi said...

I love Soam - miss that food. And also miss Undhiyo in this season. I recently had some in Rajdhani and it was *sweet* - aaaargh

Anonymous said...

Good site.

Anonymous said...

i am in the US - how do I make Ponk from jowar?

Thanks much! Such a vibrant site! love the sarees and colors too!
Regards
Smita

Deepa said...

Smita you can buy ponk in the US, I am told. Check online.

chemingineer said...

Such an enchanting blog!
Stumbled upon it serendipitously.

chemingineer said...

Such an enchanting blog!
Stumbled upon it serendipitously.

Anonymous said...

Doing a good Job,

I am from Pune and I am a foodie, we visit Mumbai very rarely, but will be great if you could post the address for such places.

Unknown said...

Soam... Opp Babulnath temple..chowpaty..marine lines.Gujrati restaurant.. It's quite expensive.

Unknown said...

Soam... Opp Babulnath temple..chowpaty..marine lines.Gujrati restaurant.. It's quite expensive.

Anonymous said...

You are right Deepa! Smita, there is Deep brand frozen ponk available in Indian grocery stores or ask ur Indian grocer to stock it along with other Deep brand stufff :)


Awesome writeup Deepa! Every time I visit Bombay, Soam is a must visit place!