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Aligarh Special Crispy Shortbread: Aligarh’s name is not only known for the locks and training, but also for the delicious fast food. One of them is the crispy of lentils, which is liked all the time from breakfast to evening tea. When crispy is fried in the streets of railway road, center point, Surendra Nagar and Naurangabad. So his scent draws people towards him.
Locks are the choice of people of all ages of delicious lentils found in Aligarh, Aligarh. In the morning, when hot crispy comes out at the shops, customers wait for their turn by putting a line. Golden and crisp from outside, this is its real attraction. Its sales doubled during festivals, holidays and rainy season.
Virendra Singh, who makes the crispy, says that the crisp of the pulses is the life of the crispy. Chana dal or urad dal is usually used in it. The lentils are soaked and grinded for a few hours and ginger, green chillies, coriander, asafoetida, salt, red chillies and garam masala are added to it. The smell of this spicy lentils draws people to the shop. Some shopkeepers also add a little mango or fennel to it, which increases its taste even more.
Virendra, who set up a crispy shop at the picture palace of Aligarh, says that to make the crispy of the lentils, strict dough is kneaded by adding ghee and salt to the first maida or semolina. Then the pulses are stuffed in them by taking small balls. After this, deep fry is done in ghee or oil on low flame by giving round shape. This slow heat is its secret. Due to which crispy crisis is formed and maintains crunch for a long time.
Potato vegetables, green coriander-udder chutney, sweet tamarind chutney, and sometimes curd raita doubled it. The freshness of green chutney, the sweetness of tamarind and the spices of lentils together explode the flavors in the mouth. This is the reason that after eating every bite, people say, just give another.
The dal of Aligarh is not just a food item, but a part of the street culture here. In the morning, queues outside the shops, the fragrance of the crispy fried in hot oil and the skills of the shopkeeper together, they all increase the beauty of the city. In areas like Center Point, Ramghat Road and Surendra Nagar, people especially come to eat only crispy.
There is a special crowd in the morning to eat these delicious crispy, who come from home only to have breakfast. Licking potato vegetables and sour and raita with these pulses of lentils doubles the taste of these poles. To taste, people not only come here but also come here to eat crispy.
If we talk about the price of these crispy found in Aligarh, then at the rate of ₹ 20 per piece, it is found in areas like Center Point, Ramghat Road, Photo Mahal Chauraha and Surendranagar of Aligarh. People who eat these crispy as a breakfast in the morning do not just eat them. Rather, they also pack it for the house. In the lock city of Aligarh, this crispy has now become its special identity.
