Food Review: ONLY PARATHAS @ KING’S CIRCLE

Only Parathas @ King's Circle

Despite not having had a great experience at the Khar outlet of Only Parathas, I went to their branch at Matunga along with Venkat and Vinitha as her friend had recommended it highly. Read on to find out what I thought about Only Parathas @ King’s Circle.

I have to mention here that the same premises used to house New Yorker @ Matunga a little more than a year ago.

Venkat looking kind of baffled at the paratha that had come highly recommended

The ambience was good and the restaurant was fairly crowded at 9.45 pm when we reached there. It was later that we realised that this was probably more because Matunga has very few restaurants open after 10 pm than because the food was great.

The menu has a humongous range of parathas besides other dishes such as snack items; rice items and more. We can choose the combinations of ingredients that go into the parathas in a style similar to that of choosing pizza toppings. So far, so good!

Paratha with gobi, cheese, etc filling

The waiter recommended a paratha with gobi filling along with cheese and one more item, I fail to recall. It was served hot along with a helping of raita, rajma and chole. It was the most horrible paratha that I have ever tasted in my life. To begin with, it was badly cooked. A paratha should be crisp, flaky and melt-in-the-mouth. This was like chewing on a piece of rubber. The filling was just ‘okay’.

The one with peas, onions & cheese filling

Before this paratha came to our table, I had already placed an order for another paratha with peas, onions and cheese filling. This paratha filling was slightly better than the first one while it was as badly cooked as the first one.

Vegetable Biryani

The raita that came along was very good while the chole and rajma were extremely mediocre.

Finally, we decided to have a vegetable biryani. This was not as bad as the parathas but I have tasted way better.

Part of the decor

All in all, a THUMBS DOWN for the eating experience at Only Parathas @ King’s Circle – a total disappointment.

Address: Shop No 471, Radha Bhavan, Adenwala Road, Kings Circle, Matunga, Mumbai
Phone: 65758118 / 65758228

I recovered from the trauma by making my own paneer-gobi parathas at home the very next evening.

Click here to read the food review of Only Parathas @ Khar (West).

Recipe: PANEER GOBI PARATHA

Paneer Gobi Paratha

This paratha filling I learned from my sister-in-law Hemli. It needs some effort but is not too difficult to make.

INGREDIENTS:

For filling:

Cabbage – ½ kg

Paneer – 250 gm

Green Chillies – 4 (can use more if you like spicy)

Ginger – ½ inch piece

Garlic – 2 cloves

Coriander leaves (kotmir) – ½ a bunch

Salt to taste

Oil – 1 tsp

For dough:

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Salt to taste

1 tsp oil

Enough water to form a tight dough

For shallow frying:

A mixture of oil and ghee – ½ cup

METHOD:


1.       Cabbage should be cut finely after removing all the hard veins.
2.       Grate the paneer and keep aside.
3.       Coarse grind Green chillies, ginger and garlic.
4.       Chop coriander leaves finely.
5.       Pour a spoon of oil in a saucepan (kadai) and place on gas. Add the cabbage and salt and cook on medium flame till soft till the water that oozes dries up. Now switch off the gas.
6.       Add the grated paneer, chilli-ginger-garlic paste and coriander leaves to the cabbage and mix well with a spoon. The filling is ready when cooled.
7.       Mix the dough with the above-mentioned ingredients and make small balls of the same.
8.       Roll out a ball of dough into a circle. Add 2 tsp of paneer gobi filling to it and make it into a ball with the filling inside.
9.       Now gently roll out the paratha before placing on semi-hot tawa (iron girdle).
10.      Turn on both sides while cooking on medium flame before adding the oil-ghee mix to both sides.
11.      Cook till golden brown in colour.

Serve the parathas hot with sauce or any chutney of your choice. I love to eat it plain as it tastes just yummy.