Ramprasad Best Chiwda

Our place is located way down in Bhawani Peth, specifically at 830/1 on the 13th Main Road, near the 64th Cross in the 5th Block area. It’s a bit of a journey to find our door if you aren’t originally from around this part of town. We specialize in making chiwda, and nothing else really. We’ve been making it the exact same way for many years now. The kitchen area is always running, and it gets pretty hot and smoky back there with the big frying vats going. We don't really have a fancy storefront with big signs. It’s mostly just a practical place where we produce the goods and sell them directly. The big bags are always stacked up against the wall ready for people to come and pick them up. We get a lot of regular customers who have been coming to us since they were just little kids. It’s a family-run thing through and through. We don't have a polished business plan or any of that. We just make sure the raw ingredients are there every morning and then get to work. The street outside is usually very crowded with traffic, so getting deliveries in and out can be a bit of a hassle. We spend a lot of our time weighing the chiwda and sealing up the plastic bags by hand. It’s not a complicated setup at all. We just focus on the one thing we know how to do well. Some people say the recipe is secret, but it’s just what we’ve always done.