My friend Mertz, (as in Ethel Mertz) brought me 2 bags of poppadoms she got from India Spiceland on Crenshaw Blvd. in Torrance, California.
These poppadoms looked like tortillas. The instructions were to pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds and they get crispy. Hard to believe that something cooked in the microwave can get crispy but it really did! The picture I have is before I zapped it in the microwave and after.
She brought the dip to go with it which was called "pickle". This pickle was a combination of spicy vegetables and sweet mango. Interesting flavors and very good with the poppadoms. So the next time you want to impress your guests, you could serve this exotic appetizer with great flavors. You can get the poppadoms mild or a bit spicy.
She also brought some fresh blackberries from her garden and a couple of coffee plants for my husband to plant. She actually grows and roasts her own coffee beans. When she's not in her garden growing all sorts of fruit and vegetables, she is in the kitchen making apple butter and sauce (from her apple tree of course) and all sorts of fruit jams.
What a nice friend to have...if only she can grow chocolates in her garden....
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