In the Indian culinary repertoire, there’s a category of food known as chaat, made up of delicious little snackable dishes. In Houston, we have a store dedicated to chaat called Masala Munchies. it’s owned by the Patel family, who also own the restaurant London Sizzler next door.
It seems like almost everything in their store has a crunch factor, as though the word chaat were onomatopoeia for the sound created by eating these snacks. I particularly love pani puri, fried wheat balls that are hollow in the center. By cracking the tops, they form small cups that you can fill with anything you want.
