There is nothing glamorous or fancy about Bhutta, but
it does have that great sense of drama when the corn on the cob is
slowly roasted on a bed of red hot charcoal. Occasionally the red
charcoal catches fire and the little tongues of these burning flames
licks the sweet kernels with great hunger! In between the roasting you
hear a sudden pop noise when few kernels which greedily plumped up bit
too much under the loving touch of flame! With some kernels charred and
smelling of smoke, the Bhuttawala dips the lime piece in a bowl that
contains the salt and red chilli powder mixture or if you are really
adventurous, in a bowl of chutney made of super spicy and potent green
chillies ground with sea salt. The little swirls of smoke rising from
the freshly roasted Bhutta when the Bhuttawala rubs the lime wedge is a
pure magic to all senses! Magic, yes, magic is the word I would use for
this humble Bhutta that never fails to live up to its high expectation
of taste
sensation!
