I remember the trauma like it was yesterday. It was sometime in the late 1980s when my folks yanked me along for a chapati dinner at Norris Road in Little India. Only, it wasn’t just the usual chapati with keema we were having – but beja, or to the uninitiated, goat’s brain masala.
Posted on 13 January 2025 12:19 pm | 701 views | 2 comments
You see, as I grew older, my taste buds became more sophisticated. And after having a delicious version of beja during my teenage years at a Gujarati relative’s home, I became a convert. It was then that I appreciated the texture of the uh... meat, and its unique taste which paired so well in between a tear of chapati.
Azmi Restaurant was started by Abuzer’s grandfather Ifthekar, who came here from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Together with his son Intezar Ahmad, he set up his now legendary Little India eatery in 1960, which soon became more familiarly known as “Norris Road chapati”. Mr Abuzer, 45, said he remembers those days well too. His father died in 2006 at the age of 65, prompting him and his brother to take over the stall.
Saddened by the lack of brains on a plate, I opt for a traditional order of two chapatis with keema and paya masala.
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