When it comes to festivals one of the safest bets in Delhi-NCR is an Awadhi or a Punjabi food festival. Radisson Ghaziabad chose to play it safe with ‘Tashan Punjab Da’, a Punjabi food festival. I do remember when I visited Radisson Ghaziabad’s Indian speciality restaurant Kama for the first time it was launched as a complete vegetarian restaurant. It did pretty well initially and served some really traditional Indian cuisine but the food preferences of Delhi-iites
forced them to include non-vegetarian fare as well. At the ongoing festival the staff is sporting bright silky kurtas which matches the concept. I started with a glass of smoked mattha which was served in a big copper glass. I loved the smokiness and the aroma of copper even more and I ordered one more glass of it. For starters the chef did a wonderfulplatter for me. The only vegetarian stuff I tried was soya chaap which was finished in tandoor and would be one of the better options for vegetarian diners at the festival. Amritsari machchi which was fried to perfection, is a must-have.The tandoori kukkad was cooked well and had a nice coating of the spicy masala all over making it taste like a typical roadside dhaba-style kukkad. People who prefer their food to be mildly spicy should eschew the kukkad and try their khasta kukkad tangri instead. The tangri is crispy outside and juicy inside with a nice balance of spices. A delicacy which needed improvement was their chingari chaap. Just like a burrah the chaap was undercooked and its raw meat visible inside though it was perfectly charred from outside. I believe if the chef puts the chaap in a slightly colder tandoor it will be cooked from inside too. Ditching the regular butter chicken I opted for dhaba murgh, machli pudina masala, gosht beliram, kukkad biryani and baigan bharta for the main course. The dhaba murgh was interesting with a rustic curry but machli pudina lacked the aroma of fresh mint. Among all of them kukkad biryani made in a typical Punjabi style shone.One suggestion for foodies visiting this festival is to keep space for desserts. Amazingly made gud ke chawal reminded me of my grandmother and an even better aamkhand will surely make you revisit Kama.
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