Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-
Ever since you mentioned it I've popped into a few of the mom and pop pizza places. Almost every one will make an "Indian style" for you without batting an eye. They don't seem to be on the menu yet but if
you ask you shall recieve.
I recently bought a packet of Haldiram's Bhel Puri. I have also seen
bags with more English on them labeled Bombay Mix. It's a type of
Namkeen (salty savory snack) made from nuts, legumes, legume and
grain flours and flakes including thin, deep fried vermicelli. I've
had their Bhujia Sev before but got their Bhel Puri this time. It is
a mixture of puffed rice, sev (vermicelli), puri (hard, crisp,
deep-fried crackers or wafers) and other miscellaneous things. It
comes with three different pouches of sauce: a smooth tomato and red
chile chutney, green chutney made with from coriander, mint leaves
and green chillies, and a sweet date and tamarind chutney. I poured
all three pouches over the dry ingredients, stirred tit altogether
and baked the result in a 300 oven for 25 minutes so the that
mixture was dry and crisp again.
For the first meal I made a mild soupy curry with leftover Easter
turkey, turkey gravy, diced potatoes, Patak's Butter chicken cooking
sauce and a little yogurt. I sprinkled some of the Bombay Mix over
each bowl like croutons just before serving it.
We liked it so much we sprinkled some on stir fried green beans,
tossed salad and Dutch split green pea soup the next three days.
At $1.79 for 150 grams it's way cheaper than domestic "Bits and
Bites" ($3.79 for a mere 145 g) or Chex Mix. Not to mention way
tastier. It's even better than peanuts and pretzels with cold beer.
(I don't know of anyone making a wheatfree variety though.)
Cheers
Jim
... Salt is basically cocaine for the palate.
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