subject: The Sweets, Chaat, and Namkeen Syndrome [print this page] The Sweets, Chaat, and Namkeen Syndrome The Sweets, Chaat, and Namkeen Syndrome
Think of an evening in an Indian home or an Indian restaurant. You will only find the residents or guests at the restaurants luxuriating in some fun talk and relishing any of sweets, chaat, snacks, namkeen, or other light foods. The very utterance of yummy and regional snack foods not to mention Indian sweets will only let your mouth water. There is no individual who can resist the temptation of having any of the aforesaid food items.
Here is a list of the most popular food items that are served in many a restaurant in India:
Chaat: Dahi bhalla, paneer masala chilla, and papri chaat, aloo tikki, kachori with sabji, paneer tikka, raj kachori, bhalla papri, lachha tokri, pani puri, bhel puri, matar kulcha, pao bhaji
The aforesaid varieties are only a partial list of Indian sweets, namkeen, and other food items. The Indians' fervent love for chaat like pani puri, etc. besides namkeen items often find mention in many reviews on web. Foreign tourists have highly appreciated the taste, tanginess, spiciness, etc. of the various chaat items with pani puri finding special mention in their travelogues. You won't find any busy lane in a city or town market without a chaat stall. With the spreading awareness about intake of hygienic food and with chaat items being sold at brand food outlets, health conscious individuals prefer having these tangy items at the outlets rather than at roadside stalls.
Tea and coffee are hardly taken without accompaniment of namkeen items in many an Indian home. A research as proven the fact that having the hot beverages without any accompaniment only affects the digestive system. It is but true that you get relieved of your stress with a few sips no matter what the time of the day or night is. This is the reason why it is either sweets or namkeen or both or some snacks that are served with hot beverages in Indian homes.