Just too hot to handle -

They ordered this pot biryani for themselves. I asked the waiter to suggest me something less spicy. Andhra food in anyway is super spicy. He suggested biriyani invariably. I thought of trying a coastal curry with steamed rice. The waiter suggested there’s hardly any spice – it’s prawn cooked in coconut milk and tempered with red chili.

I was happy with the description and promptly ordered that.

“Special se banana madam ke liye, pehli baar ayi hai humare yahan”, instructed one of the TSI. [Make it specially well for madam, she is visiting our city for the first time]

These guys surely wanted to impress their madam with their hospitality.

Our food was served in sometime. The three hungry men dived into their pot biriyanis and I tasted my coastal curry.

The rice was steaming hot, the curry was hot.

My tongue was on fire, ears turning warm and red….

I was trying very hard to hold the tears in my eyes…

But not for two long…

Eyes, nose everything started running in moments!

The supposedly mild coastal curry probably had only one thing – guntur chili!!!!

That’s supposed to be very very hot chili. And I am not a chili person at all.

All I wanted to do that time was run in any direction possible and stick my tongue in ice.

I gulped down water – it didn’t help.

There was a ketchup bottle – I had a spoonful of it – it didn’t help either.

The men in front thought their madam must have gone mad! One of them tasted the curry and said – “isme kahan mirchi hai?” [where is the chili in this?]

I was like :O don’t you guys open your mouth.

Finally it was a big ice cream sundae that came to the rescue and my only lunch!

I probably should have stuck to the biriyani!

My savior to control the damage!

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7 comments

Rajlakshmi April 12, 2016 - 10:43 am

oh dear!! I remember the taste of chilli in Andhera food… even though I eat spicy food, andhra spice is of a different order 😀 My face was a water fountain, sweating profusely 😛

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Kala Ravi April 12, 2016 - 11:03 am

OMG how terrible! I have heard that Guntur Chilly is spicy….but so spicy?! Any good you had the Sundae. All's well that ends well!
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Geets April 12, 2016 - 2:01 pm

You know I'm craving for ice-cream now..!! And I too am not a spicy lover, as in too much of it!
Interesting read it was 🙂

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Parul April 12, 2016 - 3:18 pm

Oh man! How much I loathe chilly food and the same happens to me. Running eyes and nose and my ears start hurting. poor you! What's TSI?
Ice cream must have been such a relief 🙂

Patricia Lynne April 12, 2016 - 3:41 pm

I am a wuss when it comes to spice. Water never helps. It makes it worse.

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Mary Hill April 12, 2016 - 4:20 pm

I can't eat hot stuff either. I can only imagine. I heard milk helps, but I have no idea if this is true. 😉

Liz April 12, 2016 - 9:52 pm

Oooh, I wish I could eat curry or chile, but sadly they both give me tummy ache. I think a visit to India would probably be a disaster, although I'd love to go there! ~Liz http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com

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