Hello foodie Local Guides
In my food exploration, I always love to try and experiment new types of cuisines.
I have foodie family and friends who make it easy to visit on new places and share delicious food 
Gujarati cuisine in general has it’s own variants, some are spicy, some are sweet and sour.
My family loves to have Kathiyawadi Food which is mainly known for the spiciness and and use of Millets
Kathiyawadi restaurant (Dhaba) are usually found on the highway side towards gujarat, but I discovered some of them nearby on google maps
I visited two Kathiyawadi Dhaba/ restaurants and tried different dishes
Shree Khodiyar Kathiyawadi Dhaba & Khodiyar Farsan
Hotel New Kathiyawad Bhayavadar wala
Kathiyawadi food mainly consists of potatoes, tomatoes, onion, garlic and brinjal based vegetable and curries.
I visited with my family and got a chance to try many dishes.
- Baingan bharta / Oro ( Roasted and mashed Brinjal)
This is one of the most famous dishes and a must try in kathiyawadi restaurant.
The big Brinjal is roasted, peeled and mashed, then cooked with oil, spices, onion, garlic and tomatoes.
It has a smoky flavour because of roasting.
- Papad chrui (Crushed papad)
It is a starter or sider dish, the papad is roasted or fried and crushed and mixed with spices, onions and peanuts. It is crunchy and spicy.
3.Khichadi Kadhi
Khichadi is a rice based dish it is mainly a mixture of dal (lentils) and rice cooked with salt turmeric and tempered with green chilli, mustard seeds, ghee (clarified butter), garlic
Or served plain.
Kadhi is a soup like dish made using curd and thickened using chickpea flour, the whole spices added in it adds a magical taste to it making it spicy, sour and mild sweet.
- Dahi tikhari
It is a curd based curry, chopped onions and tomatoes and garlic are sauteed and mixed with curd cooked with spices, it has a Spicy and Tangy flavour.
- Roti / Rotla (flat breads)
Fulka roti is whole wheat flat bread, Rotla are made using rice flour or Millets, Jowar and Bajra Rotla are widely popular with the curries.
- Pickles and chutney
Indian food is incomplete without chutney and pickle
Kathiyawadi food has different types of pickles made using raw mango, vegetables, green chilli and garlic.
Some are sweet, some are spicy and some are a blend of sweet and spicy
The best part I liked on this place was a big pickle box where there were varieties of pickle available
- Chundo ( sweet and spicy raw mango pickle made using sugar and chili powder)
- Gud keri ( sweet raw mango pickle made using jaggery)
- Aathela marcha ( pickled green chilli)
- Garlic pickle
- Raw mango pickle ( spicy and tangy)
- Garlic chutney (made using garlic and red chilli)
7.Sambharo / Salad
Sambharo is made using cabbage. It is semi cooked or stir fried tempered with mustard seeds, green chilli, salt and turmeric. It is served like a salad.
Apart from that raw onion, cucumber, carrots, Tomatoes are sliced and served complimentary as salad.
- Jalebi / Rabdi
Every food is incomplete without dessert, Jalebi is a very popular dessert option in kathiyawadi restaurant. It is piping hot and made in ghee, served plain or with rabdi ( condensed full fat milk based sweet)
- Kathiyawadi Biryani
This was a very unique dish we tried here, it is a rice dish made using lots of vegetables and spices.
It has a different taste compared to the normal biryani, and has more of a garlic and chilli based flavour.
There are places where they serve Thali which consists of small portions of curries, veggies, salad, pickles and bread like a combo.
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Check out Part 1 : South Indian Restaurants
Have you tried Kathiyawadi food or Gujarati food? What is your favourite dish/es?
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