This post will be about Bademiya, a delicious roadside stall in Colaba where I got Paneer Bhurji and a Paneer Roll. The full name of this place is Bademiya: Seekh Kabobs.
They apparently also cook the brains of goats there, but we just got paneer, since we’re veg. MM. So Bademiya is located in Colaba, which is kind of almost at the tip of South Bombay (where I stay). Colaba is a real touristy spot (made popular by books like Shantaram, in which the main character frequents Cafe Leopold, located on Colaba Causeway, and also cuz a lot of tourist attractions like the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the VT Train Station) and it’s also a trendy spot for youngsters with a bunch of night clubs. Anyway, the point is, people drink late at night in Colaba, and then they get hungry, and then they go to Bademiya and eat such tasty paneer…
Bhurji means “scrambled,” I think. This paneer was cut up really tiny, or probably just scrambled and cooked in a tomato based sauce with tons of spices. The rotis we ate it with were stretchy and white, kind of like tortillas. And we got a side dish of onions and spicy chutney to dip this mess into. We also had wraps, with bigger pieces of paneer that were marinated in different spices than the bhurji was cooked in. So good…
More street food exploration to come!
yeah, bhurji pretty much means “scrambled” :)
Not only do late Colaba drinkers fancy this joint. Clubbies from as far north as Juhu drive down to Bademiya after the clubs and the rest of Bombay have been shut down by the police, since Bademiya stays open till around 5 or 6 am.
A famous rumour in Bombay is, that the owner of this street stall got so rich (even after bribing the cops) that he is driving a big Mercedes (though I’ve never seen the car or the owner).
Just ate there last week with my brother. Gave us the shits for 2 straight days. Good going in…awful mess ciming out!
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This place is not just a roadside stall
Its one of kind…!
Bademiya has been attracting customers from the higher class of society along with others since 1976
Customers from across the boundaries come here just to taste its hygenically prepared exclusive cuisine
Believe me, no one can beat this place in the barbeque world
I usually get a glimpse of a lot of big shots here, be it filmstars or bussiness tycoons like vijay mallya
The food here is out of the world…!
does anyone have the recipe for the bademiya paneer bhurji ….. ive been looking for it since a loooong time and no luck !