The aroma of ghee wafts in the air as Vijaya KN puts generous amounts of it on an aloo paratha cooking on a tawa in a small but neat kitchen. Two parathas are packed into a flat cardboard box with a butter chiplet, which, along with a cup of curd, two types of pickles (green chilli and mixed vegetable) and sliced onion goes out for delivery. That was one among the many orders of the day for Vishnu Ka Dhaba, a takeaway near the Western entrance of Sree Balasubramania Swamy Temple, Ulloor.
The one-year-old enterprise is run by Vijaya’s son-in-law, Vishnu S Sivan, and specialises in different varieties of stuffed parathas, snacks and drinks.
Vishnu says, “I stumbled upon the idea because of my mother-in-law, a nurse in the government service in Rajasthan for over three decades. She is familiar with the preparation of many of the dishes and snacks of the region. My wife, Asha, also knows most of it.”
