(1) Chana masala is an intense dish of chick peas in a hot and spicy masala sauce, which retains a lush mealy quality, often served with pilau rice.(2) At my prompting, we sat outside, where the mealy smell of cooking grease gave way to carbon monoxide.(3) More on-target is the panzerotti, a pasta envelope filled with stewed beef that has been finely minced, but not so finely that the dread mealiness sets in.
