Simply if you might need run out of concepts for one thing to toothpick alongside a drink, right here comes Pariva: yogurt in a munchable format. Manjarrie Saha, a local of Kolkata who got here to the USA to check and had a profession in monetary providers, has launched yogurt balls soaked in seasoned oil. She began making them in Boston in 2019, calling them YogiBalls however renamed them with a phrase derived from the Hindi phrase for transformation (Parivartan). Pariva are tasty and include tandoori seasoning, za’atar and, my favourite, rosemary and garlic. Serve them as is or unfold them on crackers, on cucumber slices, afloat in a chilly soup or in salads. Stuff cherry tomatoes or figs with them. The flavored oils they depart behind could be put to make use of in salads and so forth.
Pariva, $12.98 for eight ounces, pariva.web; they’re additionally offered at Complete Meals in New England.
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