Greatest snack food ever invented.
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.
A little more detail, if you please. Like…What in the Hell you are talking about? What is in this WonderMixture, for example? Crack? Pretzels? M&Ms?
Seems to be this stuff.
Indian grazing food.
It’s not just Indian restaurants, you’ll find it in any supermarket, next to the peanuts.
Is Bombay Mix only a British/Irish thing, then? Do they have it in Australia, New Zealand etc.?
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?
Never heard of it, but it sounds yummy. Any Merkins heard of it?
I’ve never run into it, but I think Indian restaurants in America tend to offer cuisine from northern India.
Speaking of things that might be UK-only, what’s a poppadum?
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.
Ah. Everywhere I’ve eaten over here, that’s been referred to as naan.
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.
Hmmm, well here naan is soft flatbread, usually served only with main course. Much more substantial than a poppadom.
In B.C. they call it Punjabi mix, available in the bulk bins next to the rest of the snacky food at the grocery store.
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).
Here in India, we just call it Mix. Or Mixture. Well, my family does anyway.
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.
We’ve had it in New Zealand for years. It’s a bit too spicy for my silly stomach, but my friends love it!
Yes it is available in Australia as well as NZ and has been for years but marketed under another name. From memory I think it’s Bhuja Mix.