Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Ice-cream, The Mangalore Way

G jn. was in Mangalore recently and was treated to a very special hometown specialty – Dilkush Ice-cream. From what she says, it was a humongous portion of ice-cream served on a platter with a generous garnish of vermicelli and nuts. It was apprently out of this world; wasn’t just dil-khush but pait-khush as well. Another popular Mangalore treat, I learnt, is the Gadbad ice-cream. As the name suggests, it’s a mixture of different flavors, meant to confuse but satisfy!

I think I’m really gonna havta visit Mangalore sometime soon, if not to reconnect with my roots, then at least for the ice-cream.

Above, is the one and only Dilkhush; not just a mouthful, but an eyeful as well.