Paranthe wali trip#Murthal

Covid-19 has forced us into our homes and has locked the door as well.The world has become a place which we now look at through our barred windows.One sunday,we three ladies,decided to break free...Of course with necessary gears.

We started early at 6am from Gurgaon and off we went on a long drive across Gurgaon,Delhi and sonepat to Murthal for our sunday breakfast.

Murthal ,about 80km from Gurgaon,is a village in Haryana famous for its ' paranthe' loaded with white 'makhhan'.Murthal is located on a junction of many bus routes and hence it became a place of refreshment for the travellers.While catering to the needs of the customers the dhaba business swelled up and now if you stop at Murthal you would be surprised to see huge palatial dhabas dotting the road side.

early morning roads in this part of the country is pleasant.No harsh traffic and no harsh october heat and hence is the perfect time for long drives.Cycling groups and jogging groups can be seen flocking the empty delhi roads while bougainvilleas paint the sides of the roads in soothing pinks.

There are numerous dhabas in murthal but Amrik Sukhdev dhaba is the most popular one.Hence,we targeted our drive towards this iconic dhaba in Murthal.The Amrik sukhdev dhaba does not look like what we commonly know as a 'dhaba'.Instead it looks like a massive hotel and you would find wealthy people driving all the way in their Audis and Mercedes just for a parantha at this restaurant.So you can understand how delicious the paranthas must be.

We reached murthal at around 8am and parked our car at the Amrik sukhdev dhaba. Already by that time  a small crowd of parantha lovers had gathered in front of the dhaba...People in masks and sanitisers to ward of Covid-19.It was good to notice that the dhaba management  had arranged for sanitisers and temperature checks at the entrance.The sitting arrangements were also changed and every dining table was placed at a good distance from the others.We found ourselves a table and dived onto the menu card.The menu was impressive and reasonably priced.There were a variety of paranthas-alu parantha...Alu-piyaz parantha,piyaz parantha...Oops!Did I tell you what a parantha is? Well, paranthas are round shaped or sometimes triangular shaped pieces of heaven made of flour,stuffed with potatoes or onions or cauliflowers or cottage cheese and lightly fried in oil or ghee and topped with loads of butter.You can enjoy this with anything you like-curries or pickle or ketchup.
So,coming back to our 'paranthe story',the menu of Amrik sukhdev dhaba had options other than parantha as well.There were chats,lassi,chole bature,noodles and manchurian.No option of non vegetarian foods though..This dhaba is purely vegetarian.
We ordered alu paranthe,Gobi paranthe,paneer paranthe and masala chai(spiced tea).
In just ten minutes we were served with our order which came with huge mounds of white butter on top of our paranthes,two types of pickles and strands of saffron in our tea.

After a quick round  of food photography we dived into our plates and started eating our breakfast.These gorgeous round pieces of heaven tasted awesome.The lemon pickle provided with it was also tasty-tangy and sweet and delicious.I am not a lover of pickles but I loved this lime pickle.In this dhaba you can order for more butter and they would happily put a large scoop of it on your table.you can also buy the pickles from their store.

After finishing our meals,we asked for the bill.It amounted to a total of rs 650 for three people which included 6 paranthas and 3 masala chai.
After our breakfast it was time for us to come back and we again started on our long drive back to gurgaon across the busy Delhi traffic.

This was all about our 'Paranthe wali trip' to Murthal.There is another popular paranthe corner in this part of the world-'paranthe wali gali' in chandni chowk that I haven't visited for so long.Hope to visit that soon as well.