The most popular roadside snack is 'chaat', a word meaning delicious ! There are many different varieties but it is based around rice crispy or crisp potato pieces with a topping of freshly chopped onion, tomato, spices, a variety of chutneys and a sprinkling of coriander. This kind of eating on the run is very popular because it's tasty, cheap and quick ! It's so popular that you can even order it in the cinema and they'll bring you a plate of it at interval, to keep you going during the second half.....!
Chaat is sold in other parts of the world where there is a substantial Indian population, but according to one Indian friend who had returned after some years in the U.S., because conditions are so hygienic, it spoils the flavour - you have to have the heat, dust and dodgy water of India, for chaat to taste really good !
Chaat is sold in other parts of the world where there is a substantial Indian population, but according to one Indian friend who had returned after some years in the U.S., because conditions are so hygienic, it spoils the flavour - you have to have the heat, dust and dodgy water of India, for chaat to taste really good !
Damn, wish the cinemas in London offered this! Not to mention the fact that the tickets cost about twenty times as much :(
ReplyDelete....and we see the blockbuster action movies before anyone else !! Incredible India !
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