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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Eats and treats on the streetzzzz (part deux)

So.. I think pretty much anyone that knows me, has at some point heard me rave about a delicious Indian desert called Jalebi that is orange in color and eaten with yogurt. If this doesn't sound familiar, then trust me, you've just forgotten, because I have mentioned them. Jalebis are generally eaten as a breakfast food and I freaking love them! There is nothing better than starting your day with fried sugar and tart yogurt...or so I thought *gasp*. Enter Imerti. It's like the Antonio Benderis of deserts. Exotic, refined, perfected by time and freaking delicious. Also, you eat it with sweet cream instead of yogurt. How could I say no to something like this? I couldn't. The man making the Imerti's was incredibly nice and told me that the paste that is fried is made out of a lentil that we in India refer to as Urad, however, in English it has the pleasure to be called "Vigna mungo". Go ahead, take a second, laugh, I did. Sounds like some stealth sex monster. Here is a picture of a guy preparing the batter

One person is in charge of making the batter out of the lentils and then this magic happens:

After speaking with the man a little, I learned that he has been making these for 50 some years, and the ones here are considered the best in all of Lucknow. He made a monster one specially for me, which when eaten fresh is honestly orgasmic.
The finished Product:

This is all for now, I'll be back later with more eats and treats for the hungry!

1 comment:

  1. I'm so jealous. Also pretty sure you'll have to teach me how to make some of these new exciting items when you're back on the best coast. Keep the food posts coming please!

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