Highway on my plate AKA Vaathu Kari AKA Duck curry

(Bill board announcing the duck curry on this roadside eatery on NH 47 and where have had the duck)

This thursday as we raced down the NH47(Highway connecting Salem to Kanyakumari) i was bit sleepy in southern indian late afternoon heat although AC of car was on ;when we had started around dawn from my historically famous temporary abode of CCC(Coimbatore cosmoplitan club founded in 1891....it was my 3rd stay at this place and i find it better than much rated city hotels) it was still pretty cool and after an early morning meeting with big poultry group at Erode we rode towards Nammakal(Largest belt of egg laying poultry in India) in between we have had those tasty clean south indian breakfasts served at homely tiffin centres tucking in 2 idlis and 2 plane dosas served on banana leaf washed down with piping hot kapi in steel glass. refreshed we reached Nammakal by noon and finished off the meeting than we paid a visit to famous Hanuman temple, finally making a move for our next stop of Mulnoor we were again hurtling down the NH 47 , of sudden our driver Shanmugam(This guy is from influential community of Thevars and almost behaves like Rajnikanth in his best elements more so when driving the car) started slowing and than i saw pictures of duck on a board from a distance but when we reached live flock was roaming around and by the threshold of this eatery perfect aroma of well cooked meat was coming in, ordering Vaathu Kari on side we ordered dry livers as well, generally localites eat it with Idlis( i could never get the logic of all they way making the pasteries and than again dissolving them in sambhar or curry for consuimng it why not eat rice better), dosas or parottas, i have had mine with Kerla Parotta... a highly tasty bread made with totally unhealthy Maida and mind you this Duck is also nutritious in a way because the fat of a duck is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids called "good cholesterol".

Contented to our heart we made our way to Mulnoor and back to Coimbatore via textile hub of Tiruupur.