Here’s the plan the next time you’re in LA and you’ve got a hankering for a spicy and perfectly spiced Indian snack mix of crunchy peas, peanuts, lentils, cashews, and a dusting of salt and sugar mixed in with deep fried finely shredded potatoes and tikhi sev (they remind me of Indian-spiced finely cut instant ramen noodles) that you can shovel into your mouth all afternoon long.
1) Find some other errands you need to run in Artesia. Because it’s a long way to drive just for some snack mix, and you’re not that snack-obsessed, are you?
2) Head to Surati Farsan Market.
3) Buy a pound of African chevdo. A pound! It looks like a lot. But half a pound will go so quickly, some even along the drive home. What if you get back to LA and half of your half pound is gone already? How sad will you be then?
4) Pour your African chevdo into a small bowl and eat it, with a spoon. This tip comes from Manish, who says the correct way to be an African chevdo snack monster is to eat it as if you had a bowl of (dry) cereal in front of you. It’s a pretty fine snack mix, so a lot will fall out of your grasp if you’re trying to be dainty about it and just use your finger tips. Bowl and spoon!
5) Once done, contemplate the possibility of making it at home. Recipes exist, after all. Contemplate some more.
6) Repeat steps 1-5.