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Indian Grocery in Aachen, Germany

Finding Indian Shops in Aachen, Germany for someone who is new to the city is quite a challenge which we faced a few years ago. Somehow cannot get proper details on google search. Therefore thought I shall put in some details which would be helpful for Indians coming to Aachen. I have also recommended what to buy where in terms of quality and also value for money. In all these shops we get almost the same variety but there is difference in price.

There are just a few Indian shops or Grocery stores in Aachen mostly near Bushof.

Srilankan owning : Nagammal Markt, Jülicher Straße 4, 52070 Aachen, Ph : 0241 538954
We get : Spices, Dhal, Rice, Indian Vegetables, Indian Greens, Fish, Mangoes during season
In this shop almost everything is overpriced so I wouldn't prefer to buy.
Good Buy : Idli Rava what I would buy in this shop which cant be got in other Indian shops.

Punjabhi owning : Raja Markt, Alexanderstraße 82-84, 52062 Aachen, Ph : 0241-4008055
We get : Indian Spices, Dhal, Atta, Rice, Green Chillies, Vegetables, Pickles, Tamarind, Ginger, Fresh Samosa
This was my preferred Indian Shop for shopping where the prices were nominal.
Good Buy : Chappati Atta, Basmati Rice, Dhals, Spices, Green Chillies, Curry Leaves, Okra
Here a lady does eyebrow threading on Saturdays. They take order of food for parties and the food tastes as bad as it could be.

Punjabhi owning : Century Foods, Hansemannplatz 1, 52062 Aachen, Ph : 0241-4018325
We get : Indian Spices, Dhal, Atta, Rice, Green Chillies, Few vegetables, Pickles, Fish
Here the prices are little higher than Raja Markt, only those which was not found in Raja I would prefer to buy here. I would buy small Indian Brinjals here and Raw Banana here.

Hallal Markt, Stiftstraße, Aachen Near C & A
This is turkish supermarket where many Indian stuff can be found. Especially Vegetables are a good buy here, especially Mint leaves, Coriander leaves are quite cheap, Chicken and Lamb can be found.

One can buy vegetables and grocery in Vaals, Netherlands where shops are open even on Sunday and its quite cheaper than in Aachen. Shops can be found right in the border.

For those who are looking for Idli Rice its a disappointment, atleast for me it was so. I used to buy it from Köln in the Indian shops there.
Rava / Suji / Semolina is known as Greiß in German and can be found in German Supermarket itself. Weichweizen variety is good for making idli / upma and Hartweizen is much fine which is like chiroti rava

Note : There are few more Indian shops though which I have not covered here.

Tags : Indian Spices Aachen, Indian shops in Aachen, Indian Stores in Aachen, Indische Lebensmittel Aachen, Indian grocery near Maastricht, Indian Super Market Aachen Germany.

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Ragi Sangiti / Ragi Muddhe / Kelveragu Kali / Finger Millet Balls

This is a day to day lunch / dinner in most of the houses in Karnataka. Particularly those who do much of physical work like Construction workers have this as this is economical and it stuffs the stomach and does not make one hungry very soon.
Mostly considered to be the food of poor but very good for health and for those who have diabetes.

Ingredients :

Ragi flour: 1 portion
Oil : 1 table spoon
Salt to taste
Water : 2.5 portion

Method of preparation :

Pour water in a thick bottomed vessel add salt, water and bring it to boil.
As the water boils put the ragi flour into the boiling water as a lump and do not stir. Close the lid and cook it for 5 min.
Now take a spoon and stir it well such that all the lumps are taken out. Keep it on the flame till you get a thick consistency.
Take a round bottomed bowl and coat it with little oil, using the ladle put the cooked ragi into a big bowl and move the bowl such that a round is formed. Transfer to a plate and serve hot.

I use a bowl which has round base to make the round as the flour would be quite hot to handle in hand. Learnt from my mom :)
By adding 2.5 portion of water Sangiti would be a little softer and taste good.

PS : Please note for those who have never tasted this earlier. This would be sticky and therefore you have to coat your fingers with the gravy and then take a small round of the ball and swallow. If you bite it then it would be sticky.

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Roti - Mechanised

Found this pics interesting sent by a friend. Mechanised roti making.

Help Abhishek

Why is medical treatment so expensive. Abhishek who is now 30yrs is one of my ex-colleagues and is diagnosed of Bi-phenothypic Acute Leukemia (BAL) a type of Blood Cancer. He requires a Matched Unrelated Doner Bone Marrow Transplantation (MUD) which costs Rs.1 Crore
(US D 200000).

How life changes just in one day. Its tough to imagine a colleague with whom I worked for many years and now is in this state.

Please visit this link and help if you can... no amount is too small !!

Please post the link (http://www.helpabhishek.com) at your site. Lets pray for Abhishek's speedy recovery, and wish his family all the strength that they need now.

Welcome 2009 - Roochis wishes all its readers a great new year

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