Curtis, Yeah, great place. I first started going there with a couple of friends when the food at CNL was crummy (pretty often) and that was a wonderful change...and it was also, of course, OTP, making it even more enjoyable. :) Those were the days.
That's great that you got to know the family and learned some cooking techniques. At one point I was pretty good at making that puffy type of Indian bread (can't think of the name right now) but quit because I figured kids and hot oil didn't mix too well. Now we get take-out but at some point I hope to get back to making it myself, as I love Indian cooking too. Sal On Oct 26, 2006, at 10:47 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > Sal, > > That's great that you remember Parus. It was run by a South Indian > woman and her two daughters. Very homey and simple. She taught me > how to toast the coriander seeds and coconut for Sambar, and how to > let the Idli batter ferment properly to get that great sourness. I > can equal her Idlis and Sambar from her help, but not her Dosas. I > think you really need a griddle to make them right. She was really > sweet to me and spent a lot of time teaching me her cooking methods. > I was much more into getting the details down then her two daughters! > Since it was an easy walk from the center it must have been a > movement mecca for all the years it was in business. I went there > first in 1983 when I first met you at the CNL. I know one daughter > got married and had a baby after college, and the other was in college > the last time I talked with her. I'm guessing it closed in the mid > 90's. Since South Indian style is my favorite by a long shot, I am > always trying any place that serves South Indian food, but none are as > charming and delicious as that place. It attracted a great mix of > people, a funky crowd. I made some Besan Dhoklas and coconut chutney > tonight, so it really made me think of Parus and her kindness. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> On Oct 26, 2006, at 9:21 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> >>> Was the South Indian restaurant Parus on T street opened when you > were >>> there? She taught me to make Idli and dosa and Sambar. It is gone >>> now, but I loved that place. >> >> Curtis, >> I'm pretty sure that was the place I was trying to think of, where I >> used to go with a couple of friends. Was it a small place, just a few >> tables, self-serve, on some little side-street off Dupont Circle? If >> so, I loved that place too. >> >> When did it close? >> >> Sal To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
