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Potluck

At Potluck today, Gujarati friends introduced us to methi na gota. They said its their go to breakfast.











Another friend made China grass pudding. I heard of agar -agar at school in a  science class.  It had a very interesting taste. You would expect the bite of the pudding to be soft, one-tone but it feels like you are about to eat something like the sharp edge of a grass and you dont know when. its like pop candy, unexpected and exciting.




There was a roti look alike that turned out to be roasted papad rolled when hot. Rolling the roasted papad



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