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I got this excellent dish at an Indian restaurant. Do any of you know what is or even how to prepare that green sauce?

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Looks like Chana dal masala with a mint coriander and green chili chutney, tho it might be a pani to pair with big puri. Is there a sweet chutney there, too? Like a dark one made with tamarind? Is the bread crisp or soft?

[–] tomas@aggregatet.org 1 points 1 week ago

Hi, thanks! The bread was soft. Sweet chutney would have been good with this but there wasn't anything sweet there besides my mango Lassi ;)

[–] palmtrees2309@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Cholay bhature. Cholay is chickpeas. Bhature is maida bread. Green sauce is dhaniya chutney made up of dhanyia aka coriander. All these can be looked up on youtube.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That bad boy is called a chole (cho-lay) bhature (ba-too-ray). The green stuff looks like mint chutney, but if it is only green from the lighting and tastes like savory yogurt it could also be raita.

[–] tomas@aggregatet.org 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks! The green stuff was truly green. I would guess that it had coriander and mint as others described in this tred.

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It looks like food. But I have been deceived before.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago

But cake is food as well 🤔

[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That looks real good. If I was forced to eat vegetarian, I would certainly be satisfied with Indian cuisine.

[–] TheyHaveNoName@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

The bread component is either a puri or a bhatura, restaurants use them both. I would call it a large puri. The curry component is chick peas, or what I would call cholle (but as somebody said can also be called Channa masala). The green stuff is a mint chutney, sometimes made by mixing mint and yoghurt but this one looks like it came out of a jar ready made.

[–] waybreadethusiast@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

dhania pudina chutney?

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

That there is food

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could look up the menu. At least it would narrow down options.

[–] tomas@aggregatet.org 1 points 1 week ago

Good point! I found it: Chana Bhatura (Chole Bhature) (V, NF) ......... 10.95 Flavoured full Chickpeas curry served with fried bread.

Plenty of people got it right!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The green sauce is cilantro and mint, so delicious. The beans look like chana masala.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

It looks delicious is what it looks like!!! I'm so jealous.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Some will call it.... Tim?

[–] tomas@aggregatet.org 1 points 1 week ago

Excellent!!! Thanks!!!!

[–] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

It's food, no?