Discovered a great snack over the weekend:
What a great product. This delicious snack - flavorful but not "hot" from the western Indian state named Gujarat is very popular. It is a "spongy" (salty not sweet) cake made by steaming fermented dough-mixtures. Although popular, it is a very difficult snack to make. Many of us have tried to bring back those authentic memories, and gave up.
Just the other day, we taste-tested this excellent product from Swad. The quantity is substantial and you can easily entertain a party of 4-6 folks. It is well packed with good instructions to reconstitute it back.
What we did was took it out, transferred it to a microwave-ready serving plate and microwaved it for a few minutes. Midway through the cycle, we split the cubes apart (the center pieces were still cold) and re-microwaved it. You can smell the aroma wafting through the air while you wait.
Once done, you will feel the "sponginess" of the Khaman spring back to life. The package comes with grated coconut and cilantro and with the necessary spicy additions.
Divide the cubes into appropriate serving portions, and have your party go at it with forks ( or fingers... oh come on...its ok!). People will marvel at your culinary skills at preparing an authentic, exotic Indian dish - just don't tell them your shortcut! Especially when you got it for so cheap.