Food Tasting at Western Terrain Coffee Roasters Cafe - Bengaluru

Western Terrain Coffee Roasters - Bengaluru a must visit cafe for coffee enthusiasts.  Freshly brewed 100% Arabica & Robusta coffee, is served both in hot and cold coffee. Home grown coffee from coorg is making wave among locals who flock to pack and taste their coffee and food, set at an affordable price.  WTC is located at #746, Union Bank Circle, AGB Layout, Chikkabanavara  post, Jallahalli, Bengaluru. Café is open on all days from 7.30am to 11.30pm. 

About WTC: 

Founder of Western Terrain Coffee Roasters Mohankumar B.P is all about coveting to watch his passions take shape. He has a great experience of more than two decades working with the healthcare sector before he decided to step into explore his own business. While he understands the evolving palate has a penchant for great tasting coffee, he discerns why a great looking and tasting menu has to accompany it too.

He is meeting this need head-on with a well-curated selection of coffee pours and drinks along with delectable bites that will for sure make you want to devour them! Well aware that great tasting food and beverages speak the strongest for the brand that endorses them. Mohankumar makes best use of his extensive experience in coffee-making as a third generation coffee farmer from the grand plantations atop the mountainous ranges of Coorg.

Now, through his cafe he has set his eyes on pouring his love for food and beverage into palates that are in turn filled with smiles of all those heading the Western Terrain way. Along the process, He has a great vision of elevating the small time farmers who grow coffee across South India. He not only plans to  buy the coffee from the small time coffee growers but also roast it and distribute among the retail buyers just like what he does with his own plantation back in Coorg.

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Ambience:

Decent seating both indoor and outdoor. Not noisy at all very calm and peaceful environment. No jazzy music to divert, one can enjoy food, coffee and also work for a while or finish his or her group studies here. I saw many students joining here for group studies.

Food:

WTC has choicest signature range of cappuccino, frappe and latte selection with hazelnut, saffron, vanilla and more flavor options all prepared at their estate. One can choose hot and cold coffee options.  Tea section has selective choices of masala chai, blue teas and so on...

Apart from coffees and teas I must talk about the thick milk shakes served here…red velvet, chocolate, mango, kiwi and avocado is simply superb these thick and frothy shakes  pairs well with zinger burgers, club sandwiches and pastas. The combos are huge hit here… younger crowd flocks here to pack a few shakes and bites after school and college.

Coffee is always paired with idli and dosas in southindia it is a tradition , here they serve egg dosa, onion dosa, masala dosa, davangere benne dosa, cheese dosa, open dosa and thatte idly for breakfast who enjoy a classic filter coffee with  their breakfast. The coffee is also served in a traditional brass coffee tumbler.

Here's what I got to taste...

Zinger Burger: Crispy chicken breast patty, layered with lettuce, cucumber, onions, tomato and special sweet chilly sauce is perfectly sandwiched inside a fluffy bun was special. Well balanced flavors and taste...

WTC Club Sandwich: Grilled toast sandwiched with peppery chicken patty mince, fresh coleslaw, egg omelete, house mayo and peri peri sauce. Served with side of fries and chicken nuggets. Sufficient combo meal for two.

Veggie Sandwich: Panini grilled sandwiched with crispy potato patty, corn, olives and crinkle chips. Loaded with freshly sliced veggies this sandwich was filled and packed with flavors. 

WTC Mojito: Freshly blended watermelon, pineapple mint juice topped with sprite. Very refreshing mojito packed with mint flavor. 

Chicken Alfredo Pasta: Penne pasta tossed with herb grilled chicken and with creamy white sauce. Very creamy and cheesy. Meal on its own. Chicken and pasta was cooked to perfection.

Elbow Pasta in Arrabiata Sauce: This was a veggie delight. Sauce used in this was tangy and loaded with veggies and cheese the herbs, veggies and pasta literally tingled my taste buds...

Crunchy Frappe: Thick cold coffee. 100% arabica brewed coffee used in this frappe. Whipped with oreo cookies, chocolate ice cream and chocolate sauce the cold coffee was satisfying after a spicy treat.

Health Drink: Energy boosting drink, prepared with whey, almonds and honey

Red Velvet Shake: Thick milkshake prepared with redvelvet cake and vanilla icecream...

Hot Chocolate Fudge: Chocolate fudge layered with brownie and vanilla icecream...

Hazelnut Cappuccino:  Thick and creamy hazelnut coffee is also prepared with 100% arabica coffee...

Royal Falooda: Loaded with fruits, nuts, falooda and pista icecream is a must try if your in a group...

3 in 1 Sunday: Choosing icecream flavors of choice which is loaded with nut and fruits...

Concluding and Coining the phrase, “Vocal for Local”,  trying my best to support farmers is the need of the hour for the nation to come together to encourage local businesses and products. Hope to post more and more informative reviews thank you so much supporting me across all social media platforms.

Southindian Breakfast Tapioca Puttu Recipe (Tapioca Rice Cakes)

Puttu is a breakfast dish prepared across southindian. Puttu is also served for lunch and dinner with meat curry or a simple vegetable curry. During tapioca season from nov to march, one should never miss to prepare puttu. Freshly harvested tapioca is so tender and tasty it is easy to clean and grate. 

When buying tapioca only few points to be noted, tapioca should be white in and should not have dark spots inside the flesh. Skin mush be flaky, if there is pinkish peel it's even better the tuber is fresh.

In my basics video I've posted a detail video how to clean and prep the tapioca. do watch the video for more info...

How to prepare tapioca puttu video watch and learn 😊

Ingredients:

500 Grams Fresh Tapioca (Peeled and Washed)

300 Grams Rice Flour

300 to 450 Grams Freshly Grated Coconut

Salt as per taste

Banana Leaves 

Tooth Picks

To Serve: Sugar, Ghee, Banana

Method:

Wash, peel and grate the tapioca.

Add the grated tapioca to a bowl of water and allow to rest for few minutes.

Rub the tapioca with your fingers and wash off excess starch on the tapioca.

Repeat the process and rinse of excess starch from tapioca at least thrice.

Squeeze of excess moisture from tapioca and reserve in a colander.

Allow excess moisture from tapioca to drain, do not be hasty when following this step.

Once the tapioca is drained, add approx. 3 to 4 tbsp of grated tapioca  to a mixer grinder along with 2 tbsp of rice flour and pulse thrice to form a coarse powdery texture. 

Reserve the grated tapioca in a plate, follow and repeat the step and prepare an entire batch of tapioca flour.

Add 1 tbsp salt and mix till well incorporated in the tapioca.

Cut the banana leaf into equal squares.

Roll the banana leaf to form a cylinder shape and secure with a toothpick from unraveling.

 

Rest one end of the cylinder on a flat surface.

Start to layer with grated coconut and tapioca. Form three layers and gently press the layers.\

We can follow the same step and prepare puttu in a tumbler and place the moulded puttu to steam.

Heat a steamer with enough water to cook the puttu.

Place the prepared puttu in the steamer, cover and steam cook on low flame for 5 to 10 minutes on medium flame.

After 10 minutes touch and check if the puttu is firm and start serving it hot.

We can serve puttu with curry, or ghee and sugar and enjoy the fluffy and delicious puttu for breakfast 😊

Many people use puttu contraption to cook the puttu but I've focused and shown how we can use natural products like banana leaf or utensils which we already have like tumbler to mould and prepare the puttu without a puttu maker. Hope every with try this method 😌

Rose MO:MO Recipe (Prawn and Green Onion Stuffed Momos)

Sweet and Juicy prawn momo, delicately wrapped and formed into rose shapped….steam cooked and served with spicy chutney...is a perfect tea time snack or can be served as a starter.

Rose Momos Recipe Video In English

Rose Prawn MoMo Ingredients:

250 Grams Prawns (Finely Chopped or Coarse Mince)

200 Grams Spring Onion Finely Chopped

1/4 Cup Coriander  Finely Chopped

1/4 Cup Onion Finely Chopped

1 Inch Ginger Finely Chopped

10 Cloves Garlic Finely Chopped

10 Green Chilies Finely Chopped

1 Tsp Soya Sauce

2 Tbsp Sesame Oil

1 Tbsp Salt

1/4 Tsp Ajinomoto (MSG)

2 Tbsp Lime Juice

Prawn Filling:

In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients mentioned for filling leaving out the salt. We can always add salt once we are preparing the momos. Cover the filling and refrigerated until use.

Momo Wraps Ingredients:

2 Cups Maida (All Purpose Flour)

1/4 Tsp Salt

1/4 Tsp Baking Powder

2 Tbsp Oil

1 1/2 Cup Luke Warm Water

Prepare the Dough and Wrappers:

In a mixing bowl combine all-purpose-flour, baking powder and salt, gradually add warm water in small batches and form a smooth dough. 

Knead the dough for 10 minutes. Add 3 tbsp oil and knead for further 10 more minutes.

Cover and allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes once the dough has rested form large lime size roundel, exactly how we prepare roti,  dip the roundel in flour and roll to form a roti. 

Using a soup bowl or a round lid, cutout rounds and reserve on a plate, repeat this process and form as many cutouts as possible reserve on a plate and cover with damp cloth, making sure the cutouts don't form a crust.

Heat a wok with water and place the steam basket or place a steamer to cook the momos.

Start forming the momos, on a clean surface, off center and overlap the cutout circles 4 to 5 to make one rosette. 

Place the filling off center almost to one edge of the dough circle and fold in half.

With few drops of water seal the edges and start rolling the filled dough to form a flower shape.

Prepare 4 to 5 in a batch.  

Place the prepared momos in the steamer and cook for 10 minutes on high. We can create and prepare 3 to 4 batches with in 40 minutes. 

Plate the cooked momos with mayo, chutney and sprinkle with peri peri seasoning and enjoy!

These momos pair well with jasmine tea or apple tea. Serve the right condiments to enhance the flavor and taste...serve a generous portion of spring onion chutney and mayo or soya sauce with wasabi is also a good combo.