Rajbhog Sweets and Snacks, Parsippany NJ

In the same strip mall as one of my go-to Chinese places when at company HQ has opened up an Indian snack shop:

Rajbhog
1442A Rt 46
Parsippany NJ

Somewhat different conceptually from, say Sukhadia on Devon, this place has a large area with stainless-topped tables, a sweets counter, a wall of dry goods and coolers (including half-gallons of kulfi), and a snacks counter.

I ate a stupid huge amount of food for about $12:
Samosa $0.90, Kacholka (?) which was filled with a cinnamon mixture, $0.99, Bhel Puri $3.49 and a Masala Dosa for $2.99, drink and three sweet items at $1 each.

I figured at that low a price for the Dosa, it would be roughly burrito-sized, but it was the usual arm-length crepe with a very generous scoop of potato mixture. The filling was relatively bland compared to ones I've had elsewhere, but the coconut chutney was rich and thick, and the sambar among the tastiest and spiciest I've had (fewer veggies than elsewhere, but great broth).

The samosa and ka-whatever were both good, even for being microwaved to reheat.

The Bel Puri was about what I've had elsewhere, nice mixture of crunchies, veggies and chutnies. I can't figure out what gives it the sulfur-y flavor, I was told it isn't hard-boiled egg.

The coolers had Limca and ThumsUp in glass bottles; I had one of the latter, which was nearly indistinguishable from a Coke (not surprising, as like Limca, it's made by CocaColaCorp).

The sweets were three sugar-soaked items, two of the nutmeal variety (including the namesake Rajbhog), and one cheese-type (which had a topping like cream cheese frosting and a maraschino cherry) which was the best of the bunch. They also had kulfi pops at the sweets counter, including mango, malai and pista (maybe next time).

I'll definitely be back, and my corporate finance guy will be pleased with my frugality.

JoelF wrote:The Bel Puri was about what I've had elsewhere, nice mixture of crunchies, veggies and chutnies. I can't figure out what gives it the sulfur-y flavor, I was told it isn't hard-boiled egg.

Probably black salt, a common addition to chaats and bhels (see the article linked in this post and in the next one)
A pic and bit about black salt, here
FWIW, highly powdered black salt is available on Devon.