More pictures from Mumbai Masala

Most of you probably guessed that we go to Mumbai Masala pretty often. I promised more pictures, so here goes.

Sabudana khichdi is one of my favorite breakfast items. It's made of cooked sago and potatoes and spiced with cumin, peanuts, cilantro, and other spices.

A plate of the most delicious bhel puri!

Rice crispies spiced with golden sev, spicy mint-cilantro chutney, sweet date-tamarind-jaggery chutney, peanuts, chopped cilantro, slivers of green mango, chopped tomatoes and sliced onions... all put together translates to the taste of home. All that I missed was the sound of traffic, the heat and humidity, the sheer chaos of Bombay.

Mumbai Masala

Some of the most delicious chaat I have eaten is in Bombay. Imagine plates of golden bhel flecked with tiny bits of green mangoes, verdant cilantro leaves, and chopped onions, spiced with date-tamarind and green coriander chutney, platters of puris served with potatoes, tumblers of ice-cold pani puri masala water, sprouts, sweet chutney - dip and dunk and swallow! Alu tikkis, ragda patties, sev puri, samosa chaat... Everyone has a favorite place to eat chaat in their nook of the city. I have slurped countless plates at Gupta Bhel, a tiny joint right outside Andheri Station. Bang opposite was McDonalds and do I need to say - Gupta's could easily boast of having more fans than McDonalds!

Lucky for us, here in Atlanta, we now have a chaat joint that serves food almost as delicious as what we gorged on in Bombay. Mumbai Masala is nestled among the other eateries in Global Mall but can I say - it outshines each one of them! The chutneys are absolutely fresh, spiced just right - none of that excessive spice-salt-grease - and the variety is staggering. Plus they always have some daily specials. And the masala chai is the perfect ending.

Pictures are few but I promise to be back with more!