Pakodewale Sardarji at Rajpur: One of Doon’s Favourite Places |
This shop is located at the beginning of the Rajpur Village . At that point, the road bifurcates into two. One leads to Mussoorie via the Old Mussoorie Road and the other to the Tibetan Colony and M.D.D.A Park, which is just about 100 mtrs ahead. Sardarji specializes in making Aloo-Pyaaz Pakoras which taste divine with the imli chutney he serves with the pakoras. The other popular items prepared here are Jalebis and Samosas. Irrespective of what weather it is, the shop is always flocked with people. During monsoons and in winters one has to wait for quite a while for one’s turn.
This shop is one of the oldest shops of Dehradun. People have been coming to this shop regularly for years now. Vijay, a regular customer of the shop, tells us, “The best thing I like about the shop is the setting and the taste of food. The shop is located in the quietest and most beautiful corner of the city, with the beautiful hills and the cool breeze. The taste of the pakoras hasn’t changed even a bit over all these years, and the price is still very very reasonable. I now work in Delhi in a software company but whenever I come home to Doon, I always make it a point to grab some pakoras from this shop.” So, if you have not visited Pakodewale Sardarji’s shop at Rajpur in a while, go out and grab your plate of pakoras. Enjoy these simple little pleasures of being a Doonite! |