I remember when I was in school, summer vacations were the only days when we would get to eat the cold treats like ice cream or ice golas. Ice creams had no restrictions but ice golas had many. The water they use will not be good, eating ice directly will make u fall ill, the ice is not nice and so on would be the excuses that my parents would make to stop us from eating the ice gola.
But today I am going to tell you about this amazing ice gola that we recently had. This is a gola that not only children but even elders enjoying eating.
On Bajirao Road (Pune) in the evening around 8 p.m. comes a man with his small mobile gola shop and his team of about 6-7 members to serve the crowd this amazing delight.
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| Manasi Malai Gola |
We came to know about Manasi Malai Gola from a whatsapp video. It was a Sunday, my dad said lets go to have this gola. We reached there early. At first we thought there'll be a shop or something, but after inquiring we came to know that they come in the chowk after 7:30 p.m.
So in the meanwhile we decided to take a stroll in Tulshi Baug. We then came back only to see more than 100 people standing in a queue in front of a small 3 feet * 4 feet hand car. That was Manasi Malai Gola. I was surprised to see so many people standing in a queue to eat an ice gola. This is got to be special I thought. While my mother was waiting in the queue, I decided to go ahead and see why is this gola so famous.
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| the queue to have the gola |
I saw a news article besides the menu in which there were details about the owner and how he started this ice gola. I stood there reading it & then I took a glance at the menu. There was a variety ranging from 40Rs. to 200Rs.
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| Manasi Malai Gola Menu Card |
I stood there seeing how the gola is made. So much of ice in one big bowl, topped with flavours, aamras, milkmaid, malai, cheese, sprinkles and what not. So now depending on which gola you choose you get the toppings depending on that.
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| preparation of the gola |
So finally it was our turn to place the order. We ordered the Golden King gola. OMG! It had ice, milkmaid, almonds, cashew nuts, loads of cheese, sprinkles, flavour, etc.It truly was a king. Looking at it I was thinking, with all these things in here, how will it taste. I dug in with the spoon and took one bite & to my surprise it was amazing. We stood on the road eating the gola. I was observing the people passing by. Everyone was wondering whats the rush about. & the customers were busy enjoying the icy treat.
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| people waiting for their turn |
The gola was so big that me, my dad & mom had to share it. It even made our stomach so full that we had to skip dinner. Now eating something like this was a truly splendid feeling.
We all have ice golas, but I would recommend everyone to have this massive thing at Manasi Malai Gola at least once. The size of the gola is quiet big, so make sure you are sharing it with someone or else you might fall sick. It is available after 7:30 p.m. at Bajirao Road (Pune). February to May are the four months when you'll find a whole lot of people waiting to eat the gola, so if you don't reach before or in time be prepared to stand in a queue for at least an hour. But सबर का फल मिठा होता है & in this case its not just sweet but even big.
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| Golden King |
So we absolutely enjoyed the ice gola and I'm sure everyone will too.
