YUMMY LIFE- POHA, JALEBI AND GARAM CHAI

Poha has been my favourite morning breakfast since the day I tasted it for the first time. Some years ago, I was on an outing with my college friends and in our college days, outings were done on shoe string budgets. During one such outing, we ended up spending money on petrol, alcohol and weed. There was not enough money left to eat a chicken or a Manchurian or to buy some expensive snacks. After tripping our hunger reached its peak level, empty pockets and a hungry stomach is a wretched combination. There were four of us and together we had around 70rs. Hungry rats were running around in our intestines and we were all dying to have some food and that too in plenty. It was in one of these hungry moments, one of us got the noble idea that o yes in our city there are some wonderful Vendors who serve hot Pohas with yummy jalebis. We buyed  8 plates of poha-jalebis for 4 of us and because we were high on weed. We relished it to core and for us it was the most tastiest stuff to be ever tasted by our tongues and from that day onwards began our love story with this tasty stuff :- Poha, Jalebi and hot steamy cups of a wonderful liquid called Chai………

 Its been some years since my first encounter with Poha…now that all friends have got into jobs. But the craving for poha remains the same…..the only problem is wallet contains hundred rupee notes…ten rupee notes are at times aint available which deprives us of eating this luxurious food item because the vendor doesn’t has khulla paise and he demands khulla paisa…..so everytime I am hungry and am standing before a Poha stall…..the sight of a 10rs note brings a smile on my face.