My Weekend Odysseys

A Jungle trail which passes through the thicket forest where sun rays barely touch the ground at some places, Trail which provides the magnificent and breathtaking views of mountain ranges of Tamhini ghat and Plus valley, known as source of Kundalika river. Trail which is truly a garden of purple flowers called Karvy which blooms once in 7 years and we were lucky enough to get purple Karvy carpet welcome in the forest. Trail passes through numerous waterfalls and streams and which covers you with shade in the first 6-8 kms of the trek and then a complete descend for another 3-4 kms which finally ends at Bhira dam. That's ANDHARBAN, A complete descend trek of 13 kms and one of the most beautiful and must do trek in lap of Sahyadris. Andharban as name itself means Andhar - dark, ban- forest, a dark forest. Andharban is a ancient Sahyadri pass which joins the ghat with Konkan area. Type : Jungle trail  Endurance level : Medium Trek distance : 13 kms Landmark start point: GMCKS Ashram

PAV - BHAJI - It's one quint - essential street food of Mumbai which every Mumbaikar's love. Mumbai's street food was born of the need to quickly put together food that was cheap and satisfying. Stories about the creation of some of the delights are now an urban legend such as the one about Pav Bhaji. History of Pav Bhaji's origin is as tasty & delicious as the dish itself. It originated in 1850's when Mumbai was textile capital of India. Textile mills has mushroomed all over Mumbai. The workers didn't have lot of time during lunch hours and wanted something fast to gobble and return to their physical work. Someone saw this problem and came up with a solution or better word a "Juggad", Mashed vegetables like green peas, potatoes, generous dose of tomatoes was made into a spicy curry while the Roti was replaced by Pav (Indian bread) and thus Pav Bhaji was born.  Another version of the story goes that it was invented as dish for midnight sustenance,