Monday, April 21, 2008

Elliot's beach in midsummer

The moonlight making a pathway in the sea.... Ash and me walked up to the waters to let the waves wash our feet. Ash couldnt have enough of it and was loath to come away.

The mulagai bajji stall, with the chillies strung to form a garland. (The big chillies are slit lengthwise and dipped in a not-too-watery batter of bengal gram powder and a dash of chilli powder and salt. Nowadays you get even readymade bajji-bonda powder.) The chilli bajji is one of my favorites. They sell 5 for Rs. 10 in a leaf plate.

The beach was too full of stall keepers and other amusement providers that there was not much breathing space. In fact Besant Nagar beach is getting more crowded than the Marina in recent years.

Ash trying to making a house/castle in the sand. He couldnt have enough of that either.

4 comments:

ush said...

hi, nice.. enjoy.. did maid also come to enjoy the`beach.
how about mira..did u go to church there?
take care
ust

dreamrunner said...

I love the mulagu bhajjis on Chennai beaches!
Love,
Kochumon

Ladybird said...

The maid and Mira were there too, but I didnt have good shots of them. Yeah, we went to church first and then to beach. It is always killing 2 birds with one stone when we go to Besant ngr... :-)

Ladybird said...

K: V didnt let me buy the bajjis saying the oil they use is so recycled that it is bad for health. He promised us a sumptuous dinner at Harrison's, a 4-star hotel, but their restaurant was so crowded being weekend that we had to come away and be satisfied with some Chinese take-away from Noodle King.

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