Crisp…

I love poppadoms.

You will get ONE of these very thin, very crispy and very tasty Indian delight…

…when you go to a mamak/nasi kandar shop for their nasi biryani…

I did buy some pre-fried ones of different sizes, some big, some small and fried them like keropok (prawn crackers) to enjoy at home as usually at those shops, they will give you just ONE!

Sometimes, much to one’s disappointment, the poppadom is already limp (lao hong in Hokkien or masuk angin in Malay) and even if it is all right, one would have to eat it quickly before it becomes like that. My worst experience was at a nasi kandar shop in Sg. Petani, Kedah. We were not given any so I asked one of the guys. He said we could have one for RM1.00, take it or leave it. That was ridiculously expensive but I said I would have one all the same. It was given to me in a plastic bag, sealed. Thankfully, it was nice and crispy!

Well, it so happened that the other day, I saw my girl eating these…

…and when I took a closer look, much to my surprise, they were poppadoms! I tried one and yes, I thought it was very nice, just a bit too salty.

Seeing that I liked it very much, my girl went and got me those two (among a whole lot of stuff for me to nibble and munch while #stayingsafe and #stayinghome.

I took the shorter tube, the limited edition Singapore chili crab…

…to try that day and yes, I thought that true to what they claim, it was shioking great…

…nicer than what my girl was eating that day – the Korean BBQ flavour which was more salty than this one.

This is made in Malaysia for a Singapore company…

…and looking at the names (and the location of the factory), it is pretty obvious that they are Indian.

I thought the initial taste of the poppadom…

…was nice though I would not say it was anything like the Singapore chili crab but I particularly liked how, towards the end, I could detect the taste of the original/authentic poppadom.

They do not come cheap though…unfortunately, RM7.00 a tube and there isn’t all that much inside so if you do not nibble slowly, it will all be gone in no time at all and because of the high salt content, I think it would be best for old folks like me to just go for it once in a long while.