Why does Bengaluru love egg puffs? Come find out at this egg puff crawl
Bengaluru is celebrating National Egg Puff Day with a city-wide 'puff crawl' to highlight the snack's cultural significance. The pastry is described as a colonial-era adaptation that has become a staple of South Indian bakery culture.
Why it matters
It explores the intersection of colonial history and local culinary evolution, reflecting the social fabric of urban India.
“An egg puff is the heart of South India’s bakeries,” says chef Avin Thaliath co-founder of Lavonne Academy in Bengaluru, about the region s most beloved snack. He loves a good ‘mutta pups’ as they are colloquially known, with a cup of a chai on one of Bengaluru’s many rainy days. “I’m willing to bet this is one of the reasons they’re so popular.”
The article is a lighthearted cultural piece with no political or social agenda.
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