uhm...

...sameer bilal shah are you trying to kill me!? i've been inquiring about these "gol guppas" that you want me to eat and from what i have gathered it sounds like something that will make my intestines fall out. for those of you uninitiated into indian streetfood, a gol guppa is a small hollow oval of the lightest pastry stuffed with potatoes then dipped into a fiery liquid sauce made of tamarind and cayenne and lemon and cold water that has been stagnating there for god knows how long with the vendor dipping his unwashed hands there constantly and who knows what other sort of roadside detritus has blow into it. it is evidently a food invented as a joke, in a moment of good humor, for those with iron stomachs or wishing to spend the rest of their life seating on the toilet.

thanks for the offer samee, but i'm sort of attached to my colon and have absolutely no interest in flushing it down an indian toilet (which has a whole separate set of issues!).