Evolution of the Sugar Cane juice.!!

Right from my Schooldays there was one place i would always approach to quench my thirst
"The sugar cane juice center"! The only drink that's really soothing in the scortching heat,Or when your throat dries up,A Big mug of sugar cane juice .Yes 100% Natural and Healthy...
So i finished my dinner and was hoping to have a juice as usual.When i just passed by the Bull temple road next to the area where i live, i saw this big Juice centre called Cane-O-La,sounded wierd,hehe..looked a bit HI-Fi for a damned sugar cane juice centre.So i immediately rushed in and there was a list of six flavours of only Cane juice!What the!!!
1)Natural
2)Mint
3)Ginger
4)Salt and Pepper
5)Lemon
6)Chat Masala
And any thing,any flavour would cost just 10 bucks!!!
As usual whenever i enter a place for the first few times i never take the risk of ordering something unusual ,yea...thats me...(Learnt from hell lots of bad experiences..lol..)

So i went for the "Natural" one,And there it was...immediately in a matter of 10 seconds,All ready..all set to gulp..Man o man..gone are the days when we used to wait for the juice for like 10-15 minutes amidst the noisy machine that the shop keeper used to run,Almost used to sound like a generator!!!!
The operators of the new and sophisticated machines were supposed to wear plastic gloves which assured "No human Touch",The ice cubes that they provided were also Food grade ones.This place was even Air conditioned!!!!!! Wohoo..
All in all a relishing experience that i had ,They even have branches at:

Jayanagar 9th Block (Next to SSMRV)
R T Nagar
Near BDA complex in Banashankari 2nd Stage
Ajay,sorry dude...Ain't there in Koramangala!! :-)

This will drive you Nuttssss!!

Our Indian food has a strong cultural background,Every cooking style and facet has a story or some myth behind it.In this post I have made an effort to bring up one such example.It's one of the renowned fests-The peanut fest!(Kadle Kaai Parse-in Kannada) of Bangalore and of the area i stay in(Basavanagudi).I was startled looking at the way this event had been managed in such an organised manner,And been a sincere spectator since 2 years!! Ajay totally missed it since he stays in Koramangala and was tied up with his own stuff.People from all over Bangalore flock in and around the Basavangudi temple area.

The main event happening in this fest is,People buying Peanuts from the hundreds of stalls,Mark my words "Hundreds" of stalls around the temple and offer it to the temple.This offering is considered to be a good deed and there's a belief that well being follows for the rest of the family once the offering is done! I surfed the whole place and found out that the peanuts sold were not only for the sake of offering,But is also ,meant for eating!!!
Yuppp!!! Then the foodie part of me took over and i immediately bought some,
I otherwise also like peanuts,this fest was just a reason!
The following are some of the pics of the peanut stalls...It was damn tough to get these considering the crowd.phew!


This was just the beginning!! as i moved ahead the pile was getting huger and huger!!



The stalls had lots of it! but it was getting sold out as well!



more ,more and more!!!!


I couldn't push any further,the crowd was really massive!
So,I just stopped right there.Hope I'll be able to reach till the temple sometime.heheheh,But will have to wait till next year :-)