Khari and Marie

 This is not about a cheesy cartoon movie or a daytime soap.  This is my breakfast we are talking.

Marie is a wheat /semolina based biscuit.  Khari is a filo dough fried in ghee edible that looks like the picture on the right.

Both are dunk worthy items to be dunked in a hot cup of masala Chaha or Chai or tea.

I grew up with this in erstwhile Bombay as a staple morning go to snack.

What Wheaties or Corn Flakes may be to America few biscuits and tea are to many an Indian or an ex pat to this day.  A legacy partly of British making with the introduction of biscuits.

Americans do not know about biscuits.  To them a biscuit is a southern delicacy, a sort of dense bread, flaky if made right and had with butter at dinner.  Not so in India.  A biscuit is a cookie equivalent if that in the sense of its ingredient list.

But American cookies tend to be usually inserted with chocolate pieces, or a nut like pecan, etc. And they are bit too sweet for my taste.  A biscuit on the other hand (British kind) are light baked items that are eaten plain or dunked in a hot beverage like milk tea.

I am fortunate I can get my hands on this diet here in the states without too much effort.  Not all desi stores carry the brands or product and some are not palatable.