Ramzan: On a food trail exploring iftar spreads in Thiruvananthapuram
The Hindu“We call this smiley,” says Mohammed Sanofar M, showing me what looks like a mini bun with a white filling in the middle. “There is a filling of egg masala and when you hold it like this, it looks like the smiley emoji!” explains Sanofar with a smile, before rushing to take orders from the swelling crowd at a make-shift counter in front of his bakery, Shajahan Bakery, on SM Lock Road, Puthenpally Jama’ath, Poonthura. In addition to samosa, I make different kinds of baji also,” says Shahul Hameed, a vendor on SM Lock Road, who has set up the stall near his vegetable and grocery shop. The women in my family have become experts in making Malabar snacks that they often learn from YouTube,” says Sulfikar, adding that he also makes snacks on order for mosques and shops. The rest, like egg box, erachi pathiri, meat roll etc are purchased from acquaintances,” says Mohammed Khalid Khan, a member of the five-member group.
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