Thursday 15 August 2019

15 August. The Actual Tea Party

Here's the thing about India...

It is one big buffet of dal makhni and dumm-alloo, butter-chicken and roghan josh, Sikandri raan and seekh kabab, nihari and haleem, biryani and kadi-chawal, a delightfully bastardised, masalfied version of chicken chowmein and and a wet omellette-topped American chopsuey, roghani naan and chicken shwarma, chapati and parantha, kulchas and chholè, pakodas and samosas, dhokla and thèpla, dosa and vada, desi ghee and jhara nariyal ka tadka, rasgulla and gulab jamun, pista-kulfi and chuski, kaava and èk-dum-kadak cutting chai, santri and angoori, dèsi and valayèti, shikanjvi and lassi, gol-gappe and bhèl-puri, burger and pizza, garam masala and pachranga achar, Thums Up and Limca, and to top it all, meethi saunf and mast-mast raseela paan.

May the feast continue!

Happy Independence Day guys.

All 1,390,000,000 of you.

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