At Hyderabad, if there is one epicurean delight that brings dollops of sinful pleasure, it is the serial relishing of paya soup, especially near Charminar. The utter delight of the hot spicy mixed masala and the paya in the soup brings water to everyone’s mouth. The soup is one of the best pleasures in life for every non-vegetarian out here and during Ramzan.
The hot bowl bring brought near the table and beautiful spicy aroma makes all heads in the restaurant always turn to the server. And the big smiles on the customers face is worth a million dollars. A big bowl of soup can be consumed and relished by two. The soup in Hyderabad, Telengana is like no other found in the country. It’s one of their specialty besides the mutton Hyderabadi biryani. The first spoon that you taste will remind you of love, pure love. The swirl with the soup in your mouth will solve absolutely every problem in your life at that instant. And if you’re sharing the soup with someone close to you, oof! you have reached the epitome of the term ‘good life’.
Once you swallow the soup, you feel the masala pass through your throat and you just sit there smiling and happy. Then you start trying to chew the ‘nulli’ in your bowl without making a fool of yourself, but that’s really unplausible. So now, will dirty fingers, haven felt every dimension you’ve ever known, having chewed the bones and nulli, you sit there satisfied with life, hoping that every meal ever tastes that way.
And then you realize it’s 07:56 am on a Monday morning at a restaurant you can’t remember the name of, with your best friend and relishing one hell of an amazing paya soup and ‘life’s good’. So good!
