Someone said rules are meant to be broken and our mother adhered. For, the day that she served her classic beef chops - a wholly Muslim recipe that makes use of copious amounts of ginger, garlic and ground masalas - with English-style mashed potatoes, she arrived. The humble food vendors in Kurla now seem to be following in her footsteps. And we discovered this when we chanced upon some really oddball dishes on a bustling stretch of road.

It started with a rather casual stroll down LBS Marg, prompted by a sudden craving for kheema samosas. Littered with all kinds of roadside shops selling food items, shoes and even clothes, the already busy street in Kurla West truly comes alive during the month of Ramazan.