Bhikaram Chandmal Bhujiawala - HYD

Bhikaram Chandmal Bhujiawala (BC) brings in some fresh taste to the north Indian food scene in Hyderabad. If you like Bikanervala, you must try BC. They use local Rajasthani chilli in their dishes which provides a different taste than usual. Although I wish there were such places opening around the Hi-tech city area.

We ordered the chilly fresh lime juice. A version of a masala lime juice, it had red chilli added to the well balanced lime juice. Not too sweet or sour, the lime juice was good but the red chilli didn't really add any different dimension to the juice.

Ghewar is a winter time sweet made in some parts of North India. It's a heavy, ghee sweet similar to jalebi. Here you can try the sweet in chaat form. The ghewar was not very sweet and somehow the taste of the ghee sweet with yogurt worked with the help of the green mint chutney and sweet tamarind chutney. This was topped with a blend of chat masala and sev puri. 

The masala papad here is a must try. It looks like a normal masala papad but what I loved was the red chilli powder used. It was a coarse powder of a local rajasthani red chilli, which changed the taste of the masala. It gave the dish a different, authentic rajasthani chilli taste rather than the taste a  packaged chilli powder gives which is used generally. 

The tawa veg sandwich could have been made better with actually roasting the sandwich on the tawa longer. With a filling of the standard vegetables like cucumber, onions, tomatoes with green mint chutney, they also added generous amount of cheese - processed cheese I must add. The bhujia that the sandwich is topped is fresh and savoury. BC's bhujia is definetly different from the usual ones we get in the market and probably better. If you love bhujia, I recommend getting some from here.

 

Very few places in Hyderabad serve good sandesh, especially kacha gola sandesh and BC is one of the them - the other one being Bikanervala. The chenna was fresh and had just the right amount of sweetness. The sandesh is the best dessert for a light end to a good meal.

Overall, BC was decent. They have some interesting dishes with authentic tastes but in general is just another good north Indian place with the regular fare. They have typical north Indian breakfast of matar-puri and aloo subji and club kachori (the aloo subji is really good). 

Location: Banjara Hills, Road 10

Timings:  8 AM to 10.30PM. 

Cost for 2: Rs. 500

Taste: 7/10 

Service: 7/10

Ambience: 7/10