New Delhi, Aug 29: Like everything else that has a time and a place, paranthas are seen as food that’s best enjoyed in the winter season. But with the change in weather these days, there’s good news in store. For most of us who look forward to spending a rainy day with steaming hot paranthas, chai-shai, the works, the unlimited parantha festival till the end of this month at the Asiad Village’s Indian restaurant, Colours ‘N’ Spice is where you should be. The ‘Lucknawi Parantha’ festival, as it is called, tries to capture the essence of rakabdars (cooks) of Lucknow in the ’50s and ’60s who made paranthas that were generally crispy yet so soft that they would break to the touch. With different varieties of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian stuffed paranthas on the menu, the deal which comes to Rs 199 for a non-veg platter and Rs 169 for a veg platter is friendly on the pocket too. There’s a plain variety too, the reshmi parantha which is cooked the way it is in most Muslim homes and tastes best with dal. For the rest, the chilled raita works wonders. To give the vegetarian stuffed paranthas their due, the gobhi is also quite tempting. The egg parantha is terrible and you can smell the egg spread inside with a coating of oil on this parantha. If you avoid this, you’ll give full marks to the rest of the paranthas – they’re just what the doctor ordered on a rainy day. Bureau Report