Best places to find gluten-free food in Delhi

 

Best places to get Gluten-Free products in Delhi, India

Gluten Intolerance is increasing day by day. I became Gluten intolerant 6 years back but came to know just 2 years back. 

I went to see many doctors and visited many hospitals and went through loads of 'tests', Blood test, urine test, X-rays, MRI and all dirty once too, which I don't feel like naming also 💩, but all this went in vain, I was always back to square one.

Bloating, diarrhea, acidic reflux, weight gain, itching (use to scratch my self like monkeys do 🙈), hair fall 💇 and was popping antidiarrheal medicines 💊💊like candies 🍬🍬 (please never do that). And beside all these I was always irritated and ready to fight at the drop of a hat. 

So, I was going to this local doctor, God Bless him, he gave me medicines for diarrhea for 2 months and when I went to him third month also with same problem he told me 'maybe you have wheat allergy' and he said and I followed, and my long relationship with wheat was over. 

But I miss wheat, it was long term relationship, I miss wheat products prantha 🥘, samosa, Cake 🎂, pastry 🍰, pizza 🍕,sandwich 🥪 jalebi, poori 🍲, Maggi noodles 🍜, gol gauppe (water balls), doughnuts 🍩, cookies🍪, burgers🍔, beer🍻, and cocktails🍸(except gin ones).

I wonder what you all, the Gluten intolerant people miss eating !

Although better side is I can eat Dosa 🍴everyday, Idlis and loads of Wadas too, all Gluten free, but still was missing my Pranthas and sandwiches and Pooris.

And, then started the quest for Gluten free food products, which was really difficult or available options were so costly that they were almost out of reach. After experimenting and loads of research I was able to find few places where one can find affordable and delicious Gluten free food, they are :

Restaurants are :

For pasta & Pizzas :

 Sly granny(Khan Market). Amour Bristo(Malcha Marg),

 Instapizza(New Delhi), Fabcafe(Lajpat Nagar), 

Greener Cafe( GK/Vasant Vihar/Gurgaon), 

Aku's Burger (Defence Colony), 

Amici Cafe (Defence Colony) Getafix (GK 1)

For Pranthas and Rolls : Fabcafe, 

For Indian food : Sagar Ratna, 

And If you want to buy products like Breads, Pav, Buns, Gluten Free Atta/flour, Gol Guppe, Gluten free Nmakpare, Gluten free Mathri, Gluten Free Rusk, Gluten free cripes, Gluten free 

1. The Whole foods - Hauz Khas Market Block E ( The place best for Gluten Free Bakery products)

2. The Celiac Store - Defence Colony - you can buy everything from breads to kulcha tp gol guppe

3. Natures Soul - Defence Colony ( best are breads) - Classic Olive Bread is must try

4. Bakers by Dozen - Bread and cake

5. La Mia - Defence Colony

6. The Lodhi Bakery - Lodhi Road

7. The Artful Baker - Rabindra Nagar

8. Bakery By Foodhall - Chanakyapuri

If you know any other place please do let me know, I am sure this list can be surprising, as more and more places are offering Gluten Free products now.

#Glutenfree

Laugh, Laugh and Laugh

Destress yourself 

Stress is harmful emotionally as well as physically. Don't let stress over power you, your mind, your body, don't let stress rent your mind or body.

Take a walk, 

Take walk mediation, 

Start counting the trees while you walk, 

Open google lens and start googling trees and flowers

AND

Laugh, Laugh and Laugh 

If u feel overloaded with Work...

Immediately go to the nearest "Biological Anxiety Relief" (BAR) center

& place order for any one or more of the following Antidotes:

1: Work Isolating Neutralizing Extract (WINE)

2: Radioactive Un-work Medicine (RUM)

3: Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter (BEER)

4: Vaccino Officio Depression Killing Antigen (VODKA).

This is issued in public interest by "Buddies for Eradication of Work Disease Association (BEWDA)

Odd Days

 

'Odd day was it, passerby smiling, why, I don't know. some times I feel someone is trying to tell me something, but what, why don't you just tell me, just speak, talk to me and I promise I won't interrupt, I will just listen, all ears for you, just that you have to speak, please, don't talk to me in indications. just tell me'. 

'Or, is anyone smiling or just that I am getting this wrong, whatever I am sure will get to know soon'

And while walking in the dream world I stumble upon something and fell down, oh ! its not something, its someone, and he was saying "help. please help". 

'Oh, please I am sorry, are you hurt, shall I call the meds ?'

'Yes, okay, I put him in the auto and took him to hospital, filled-up all the forms and waited him to get back'

"Hello, Mrs. Vishal, he is fine now, he is asking for you"

'Thanks, sister, from Mrs. Vishal, okay, then he has a name, and I have been named'. (blame it on odd days)

"Ahh, Mr. Vishal, you look good now".

"How do you know my name"

"Oh ! just outside sister told me that Mrs. Vishal, Mr. Vishal is looking for me, hope you are not pregnant and hope I am not the one who did that you and besides i had to fill the forms so took your id" (eyes rolled expression)

 "Ha, ha , ha, nice I like that, seems like all the weight that you have, is because of funny bones that you have" (cute smile)

"Listen, if you didn't had that cute smile and this was not hospital I would have walked away, but since you are in patients side, I will let this pass" (weird, not so friendly smile)

"Cute talks, as your face, anyway thanks for help"

"Thanks, so is it confirm that you are not pregnant" (blame it on odd days)

"No, I am not pregnant, thank God, babies  !, its just appendicitis, will get operated next week, thanks for all the help"

"Oh, good to hear that, hope I am not staying here till next week" (concerned expression)

"Not if, you really want to marry me" (hopeful looks)

'Okay, maybe this was that someone was trying to tell me', "Lets start with dating, like seeing each other" (proposal look)

"Hmmm! not a bad idea"

'Can I just lean and kiss him for the start !, Is it okay to do that, well, have to do to check what happens' (and without hesitation did what I was thinking) (blame it on odd days)

"Kiss, I like that, what do think shall we take this further or its goodbye" ?

"Mr. Vishal, lets take this further, we can work on deal day by day"

"Done"

"Done"

(smiles and bone crushing hugs)

#thoughtsandlife

Hello spring

Platinum...Love forever.....

Short Story for 'PLATINUM DAY OF LOVE'-Indiblogger.in

 

‘Bangalore’ AHA!!

I landed in this city at last, with ‘should I’ or ‘should I not’ fight with myself I finally decided ok I will go. With a thought that, that incident that made me hate the city was just a part of life not the life itself.

Since I got the job offer from this city, I was in constant dilemma weather to accept it and go for it or just give it a pass and wait for another opportunity.

“Are you nuts?”

This was the reaction of my friends when I told them about the offer. But it was not possible for me to make them understand why I don’t want to go.

“See! The point is if you want to go-ahead in your life, then you have to forget about little things and move on” was the statement of my dear best friend. Think about this you are getting a chance to move ahead and grow professionally, now it is up to you, weather you want to grab the opportunity and move on or you still just want to hang up there with those phases of your life which have no identity. Think with your mind and let the heart go to rest for a while.”

 I thought about what he said and decided to let go the past and move ahead. Next day I booked the tickets and I was off to Bangalore. Delhi to Bangalore flight takes approximately two and half hours. Before boarding the flight, I promised my friend that I will not think about what happened with me in Bangalore long back, but I could not stop my mind wandering back to the thoughts of Adih and all the time I spent with Adih.

Adih proposed me for marriage on the eleventh day from the day we met.

“Here this is for you”

“What’s this? Are you proposing me…ha ha ha?”

“Yes” he said and gave me little red box, the box contained the bright white bands, the two identical bands.

“Is it Platinum, it’s awesome?”

“No, it’s not Platinum, just a replica, the day I will present Platinum ring to you will be the day I will marry you, this is just a reminder of that day” and he was smiling all over.

 “But! why do we need to have props in our life, it’s our life, we Love each other, we are and will always be there for each other then why do we need these props or show off of love”

“No! it’s not show off, the platinum bands are bright moon like circles on our fingers that will be reminder of the fact that we belong to each other and will always be no matter what, look at that moon it has aura of its own and an identity of its own, so the ring on our finger will have identity of its own that we belong to each other and are always there for each other no matter what, I Love you my dear”

“I Love you too” I smiled and with the assurance for life in our eyes and heart we went for a walk in the moon light night hand in hand. Love was in the air and made an aura around both of us; we were together till death does us apart.

But maybe the time was not right for us, Adih and I got apart and I moved to Delhi.

Sitting in the reception area and waiting for my turn for interview for me was like waiting for something good to happen for years and years. I promised to myself that I will work in this only if the and salary was appealing to me.

My name was called and I went inside, there were three chairs of interviewers. I took my seat and the session of question and answers started. After almost one and half hour they said they have short-listed me and I have to wait for another ten min as their senior person will take the interview and will make the final decision. My name was called up and I went inside, he offered me chair, I could only hear the voice there was no one and then I heard someone talking on the mobile.

I was busy arranging my papers but I did not look at him. He came and sat on the chair and he asked me my name, we looked at each other and next moment I got up from my chair and ran as fast as I can out of the that cabin and then that office. I knew he was following me, “Anika! Stop please stop, please listen to me, just once listen to me”

“Adih, there is nothing left to talk about, you and I have separate lives now, Please leave me alone”

“No! You have to listen to me, just give me”.

And he held my hand tightly and said,” that day I said dad suggested to meet a girl, but that does not mean I was definite about seeing a girl for marriage, I wanted to give you surprise about my job but you did not give me time and surprised me with just eloping out of my life. Did not even gave me time to keep my point.”

“Anika, I Love you how I can think about anyone else”.

“I was scared about you leaving me and good buys so I decided to move on” I said.

“But what about Love, ok done is done”.

He dropped to his knees and took a little box out of his pocket,” Anika will you marry me, and please don’t say no as I have waited for too long for this”.

 And as he promised he gave me Platinum ring with a promise to be with me always.

Love is forever and today Adih proved that. And Platinum Ring was like as he said ‘reminder of us belonging to each other.

#shortstory 

#randomthoughts