Just when I think I can puff up my chest and say "oh yea, I've been THERE" someone chimes in with a market I've never heard of.
Chandni Chowk was on the list of "must do" markets, but it's a ways from our house, so I hadn't yet calendared it as a 'must do' market.
When I'm in need of groceries, or a location to pass the time, or specific items in mind, I'd much rather visit the markets that are in a 10-20 minute radius of our home/school.
Enter Kate, who suggested we visit Chandi Chowk together for spices.
Now ... although I do 80% of my grocery shopping (Kushal, my driver does the other 20%) I am NOT cooking. So my first response was "spices?" ... I don't need spices. ROSY needs spices. BUT, I am a sucker for exploration and seeing new things, so we set out.
This post is picture heavy ... but there are just too many images that I want to share ... and I can't bear to leave any of them out.
Want to know one of my favorite things about Kate? She's a willing adventure partner. My first and only experience so far of Chandi Chowk was the wholesale spice market. I have sentences upon sentences of sharing to do with you about Chandni Chowk, but have decided to let the pictures do a fraction of the talking.
Come with me ... explore!
"Traffic Jam"
Peppers!
Inside the courtyard
They sift through the peppers with bare hands, looking for the perfect sack!
(these funky things, which I've yet to identify, caught my eye because I thought they were wickedly shaped pasta. The green-eyed Punjabi man explained that instead they were snacks ...to be fried in hot oil. I bought 4 kgs of the stuff. Will let you know how that turns out!)
Cool, huh?
