I had an oppor­tu­nity to sam­ple some great Parsi fare a cou­ple of week­ends ago. I had read about it in a news­pa­per and archived it for future ref­er­ence. And then when we were look­ing for a place to eat in Indi­rana­gar, I sud­denly remem­bered my archived ref­er­ence. I went there for the first time and then again on the fol­low­ing week­end : that should tell you a lot about how much I liked the food!

Located at the Exec­u­tive Inn, this cosy homely place called Daddy’s Deli is run by a Parsi cou­ple : Nozer and Zarine Dogra. And right now, they’re only open for Fri­day, Sat­ur­day and Sun­day though they do have plans to open every day of the week some­time in the near future.

The ambi­ence is sim­ple and clean and more like step­ping into someone’s home. You feel com­fort­able as soon as you’re seated and the deli­cious smell of food wafts through the air.

The menu has been kept fairly sim­ple and we started with mut­ton cock­tail kebabs, the dahi bheeda (I think it was called; bhindi in dahi and very yummy!). You can have these with rotis or on their own.

The starters were quite fill­ing but we still had place for more. For the main course we ordered the very well known Parsi dish called patra ni mac­chi (fish wrapped in banana leaves). Though the fish wasn’t actu­ally wrapped in the leaves (they were served on them), it’s a dish I would rec­om­mend to all fish lovers. The green paste (corian­der, green chilli, mint, coconut) is sim­ply deli­cious and the fish (black or white pom­fret, informs Zarine) takes in all these flavours very well.

Then we also tried the prawns pulao, which I think was my absolute favourite rice dish. The dhansak was the only dish that I didn’t like too much out of the lot : and it’s actu­ally again a very sig­na­ture Parsi dish. But I might try it again once again to give it another chance (which means another trip, but I’m not complaining!).

The Sali kheema was another dish I liked : yummy bit sized mut­ton pieces in a gravy gar­nished with potato shav­ings. You can try this with both rice or rotis.

And remem­ber to make space for desserts. There’s pana cotta, laganu cus­tard, the choco­late mousse (divine, gushed a friend!) and mango kulfi though these might dif­fer a bit depend­ing on the day.

Def­i­nitely a place I would rec­om­mend highly. And reserve in advance because all the seats were taken both times we were there.

Con­tact:
Zarine Dogra
Exec­u­tive Inn
12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indi­rana­gar
Bangalore-560008
Phone: 080 4115 4372
(Cost: Around Rs300-350 per per­son includ­ing the starters and a soft drink)

(on 100 feet road, you need to turn left into 12th main)

(PS: Apolo­gies for the lack of pic­tures, but I was really busy eat­ing!)