Buying imli, kachi kairi and 1 rupee frozen pepsi with my friends is the best memory of my childhood. And, even though my gang dines in fancy restaurants now, there’s something still magical about those corner wala shops we ran to after school.
Speaking of which, I recently stumbled upon a picture of one of my favorite raaste wala snacks. However, what’s intriguing about the picture shared by twitter user @realshailimore is its name. Do you remember the yellow fried snack that we used to put on our fingers and then savour? Well, apparently it’s known by different names in different cities.
What do you call this? And do you eat it like this ? 😁 pic.twitter.com/LSndxu5bPB
— Cherry Dimple (@realshailimore) September 1, 2020
So, twitter happily spelled out various names for ‘Bobby’ and shared delicious ways they relished the snack!
1. Well, this certainly is the right way!
It’s a Gujarati farsan & you are eating it the right way – Ungli dalo, mazaa lelo 😂😂
— Pallavi (@pallavict) September 2, 2020
2. It is also called ‘Boti’ and is used to prepare a yummy chaat. Whaaat?!
Boti in #Kannada. We eat it directly and if you go to street side, (Chat family) Cut Tomato Masala shops, they give you Boti Masala pic.twitter.com/t3DeMNciF3
— Suresh N (@surnell) September 1, 2020
3. Someone called it finger chips too!
Itna sophisticated?
— Cherry Dimple (@realshailimore) September 1, 2020
4. People even dip it in their chai!
hmare yaha pupli bolte h isey ….chai m dalke khub khai h ….
adhi dub jati h chai m adhi bachti h 😂— Shreshth 🇮🇳 (@harami_manus_) September 1, 2020
5. Many were reminded of their childhood too.
Paapad .pancho ungliyo me daal ke khane me maza aata hai. Bachey hone ka ahsaas hota hai tab 🤣🤣
— suman suman ,traitors stay away (@SumanRamchander) September 1, 2020
6. Fryums – this is what I used to call it.
'Fryums ta tam!' 70s kids will remember this ad!
— Big Daddy Vin (@vinsinners) September 1, 2020
7. Why does this look so appetizing? 🤤
This is bhungra bateta pic.twitter.com/GTE5HG6tLD
— Sashank Rajwadi (@srajwadi) September 2, 2020
8. It was apparently called ‘Bobby’ in the 80s. Can someone please verify this? 😝
Bobby 5 paise each in early 80s
— Money Power Wisdom (@MoneyPowerWisdm) September 1, 2020
9. It surely doesn’t look like something that should be named ‘thoka’.
Childhood memories….
This is called as Thoka…— Narayan Solanke (@Narayan96439663) September 2, 2020
10. Wearing it in all 10 fingers. Well, that was swag level 💯!
Boti appalam in Tamil and boti appadaalu in Telugu. Yes, we ate them like that and there are short ones too. But not so spicy looking. With the short ones we imitate mirudhangam player wearing to all 10 fingers.
— Name cannot be blank (@AmiripilliSrao) September 2, 2020
11. A different name for every finger.🧐
Ful-jhadi 😂😅
Masala wale papad
Fingers
Peele wale 😂😁— SUKHPREET SINGH / ਸੁਖਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ (@sukh_slatch) September 1, 2020
12. We used to make this at home too.
Omg you don't know, we used to play and eat with this…no such name I remember…fingers snack's…thats how we took from shops or fried at home.
— CA Sumit Gupta (@007sg) September 2, 2020
13. Goldfingers, fancy much? 😏
These are called “Goldfingers” and are chomped off just like that.
— ArSh (@TheFunnyGuy0104) September 1, 2020
14. Now that’s a true desi name! 🔥
They are in rural north called as “LAILA KI UNGLI “ and I am serious 😂😂
— mikmok (@BULL9313) September 2, 2020
15. The name was not the same everywhere!
I thought it was same everywhere !!we call it Bobby!!!omg I am surprised honestly all these different names😂😂
— Savani_751 (@751Savani) September 1, 2020
Many people also shared the names of the snack in different cities:
Thr is a famous dish with this in Gujarat. Bhungra Batata. Boiled potatoes, chopped in little bigger chunkes, is made into curry with loads of garlic.
In a plate, you add little tamarind chutney and servs it. Use bhungra as a spoon to eat that curry. Watch YouTube videos.
— Sashank Rajwadi (@srajwadi) September 2, 2020
Have said this in the past, saying it again. We, in Mumbai, call it NALLI and it has nothing to do with sonam and swara
— Akash Jaiswal (@TheSoberphobic) September 1, 2020
In bengali….it is called chonga………
— Sitaram Paul (@srp2007s1) September 1, 2020
Kudal appalam in tamil
— Sathya (@sathya1077) September 2, 2020
पोंगे in marathi
— Rohit Gunjal (@gunjal_rohit12) September 1, 2020
What did you call this yummy snack? Tell us!