A few weekends ago, I tagged along on my friend David's
chaat tour. David does excellent food tours all over the five boroughs each month. I met the crew (upwards of about 30 enthusiastic people) out at Spicy Mina in Queens. That's right: 30 people - most who reside in Manhattan - had trekked out to Queens on a frosty, blustery Saturday because David said so. Promised at Spicy Mina was authentic Indian cuisine - chaats and tandoris and naan galore.

Pakora - a must try appetizer

Samosa Chaat
Okra!
Chickpeas!
Dal!
Cauliflower!
And my favorite: Fried Dal!
Have Mina cook whatever she wants for you - just tell her you trust her. Your food might take a while, but that's because she's cooking everything from scratch. So our food wasn't limited to chaat at this stop on David's tour - but no one said a word.
Spicy Mina64-23 Broadway; Woodside Queens718.205.2340
Yum!
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I am doing an indian cooking extravaganze this coming weekend!
We'll see how it goes!
The first of your pictures is actually a poori chaat, not a pakora.
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