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MYSTERY #044
The Balloon and the Stew
On a Delhi street corner at seven in the morning, a cook drops a disc of dough into a cauldron of oil and it inflates into a golden balloon so fast it looks like a magic trick. Beside it, a pot of dark, spiced chickpeas has been simmering since before dawn, thick with ginger, tomato, and a tea bag that nobody outside this city would think to add. The bread deflates with the first tear, but by then you're already dipping. What's for breakfast?
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