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FISH KATI ROLL @ DAL ROTI FORT KOCHI

Fort Kochi, Kerala, India - January 2015

It was the last day of our holiday in Kerala, looking for a place with good food for a good ending to our holiday we found ourselves at Dal Roti in Fort Kochi. Oddly we finished our tour of South India with Northern Indian food as this is the fare that Dal Roti specializes in. And there were real specialists as the Mughal cuisine they served was indeed good.
So we had no regrets partaking northern food in the south.

Dal Roti is located at Lily Street, right at the heritage core of Fort Kochi. It's bright Dutch red exterior makes it hard to miss.

Inside, the place is simply decorated; simple furniture, a few simple decorations, and not one of Mughal splendour that one would expect. This simplicity belies the good food that were to come and I guess the simplicity had also made the pricing of the food very reasonable. Why go for airs, good food in a pleasant surrounding at affordable prices should do.

The simple yet warm setting has built up our expectations and we made our orders quickly.
I went for the Fish Kati Roll. Kati rolls originated from Kolkata and is basically Indian flat bread wrap round some filling, example fish, chicken, etc.

My Fish Kati Roll came; a piece of slightly burnt pratha rolled up with some wax paper holding up one end to maintain the roll shape. Looks golden brown good from the outside.
Ooops..... where is the curry.... my mistake here. Kati rolls are normally street food and eaten like a cone; Dal Roti here has improved on it to make it a dining fare...

The fish was a fried slightly spicy fish, fresh with crispy edges. The bread seems to have been baked together with the fish after rolling up as I found it to be more crispy than the usual flat pratha. I later learnt that this flat bread was a Lachedhar Pratha, one that is flaky and crispy. Nice....

Hah! There was a curry that came with the dish afterall, it was served in a separate small bowl.
Cutting the kati roll, I added this over the cut piece and slowly savoured the mix of crispy bread, fresh fish and a good curry.

My buddies went for a Chicken Thali Meal; it's a combo meal that came with the chicken curry, paneer, two vegetable curries, a cooling raita sauce. Two pieces of flat pratha and some rice came with this, it was definitely a filling meal. Fortunately, they did advise that it can feed two, so they shared. Phew....

The dahl that came with this was the thicker North Indian variety filled with lentils and chick peas too.

The food here is good, very good.... there is nothing dull about Dal Roti; they serve interesting dishes and their menu even provided a glossary guide of the type of food here.

Below is Dal Roti's well-thought out menu; please note that pricing is at time of this blog and do check with the restaurant on the availability of the dishes.

The Kati Roll Menu.

The Stuffed Prathas Menu.

The Combination Meal Menu.

The desserts & drinks menu.

The owner of the place, Ram, is a friendly and chatty fellow; he even did a quick caricature sketch of himself to give to us.
If you are in Fort Kochi, do drop in to Dal Roti, they serve a wide and interesting range of rotis and at reasonable price.

DAL ROTI
1/293, Lily Street, Fort Cochin, Cochin, Kerala, India.
Tel: +91 97464 59244 E-mail: dhal.roti@gmail.com
Hours: 9-00am to 10-00pm
GPS : 9.963994, 76.239818

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