A long-serving friend of mine unendingly refered to it as ‘bombay yaal’ (pronounced ‘yaawl’) which I did ask about once but failed to remember the reasoning of.
I got some earlier today and am currently eating it… it is truly a great snack food… even for one who has grown out of snacking.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually had Bombay Mix in a restaurant, as qwest’s link describes. Isn’t it always oodles of poppadums to keep the hordes content?
It is to Indian cuisine what a tortilla is to Mexican - a large, flat, round, deep-fried crispy thing. Served as an appetiser/timewaster in Indian restaurants, with a pretty standard range of accompanying dips such as mango chutney, lime pickle, that minty one, etc.
Nope, naans are something else entirely, cooked in a tandoor. Poppadums aren’t bread - they’re very thin, made from (I think) lentil flour, and deep-fried.
Weird. I just got done eating a bag of Bombay mix today…I get it at a little Indian store. Excellent stuff!
Brand name Goodness Bombay Mix. If it can be found in Flint Michigan, I imagine you could find it anywhere in the US.
I’ve never heard of it here, but I doubt that I’m a very good judge. I don’t think I’ve eaten in an Indian restaurant more than three or four times in my life (and two of those were in London).
Oh, that is wonderful stuff. It hits all the right snack food buttons - oily, salty, hot and spicy. I can eat it by the fistful. Never had it in an Indian restaurant here, but the Indian groceries in my old neighborhood sell it by the sack (different vendors, different varieties). One brand is simply called “Hot Mix” and there’s another labelled “Bhel Puri.” There are others whose brand names/descriptions I can’t remember right now.
The Indian snack/sweet shops also sell several varieties as well as the components for mixing your own.
I’ve tried to make it at home but it’s not the same. Imagine trying to make your own potato chips or corn chips. Better to let the pros handle it.