Editing Chouta

{{food

|image=Chouta.jpg

|ingredients=Flatbread, meat, sauce

|type=Street food

|origin=Herdaz

|world=Roshar

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]], [[Mistborn Era 2]]

}}

'''Chouta''' is a street food that is originally from [[Herdaz]] on [[Roshar]] but has also gained popularity off-world, at least on [[Scadrial]]. It consists of fried flatbread wrapped tightly around fried meat and sauce,{{book ref|sa2|46}} and can be carried in one hand and eaten while doing other things.{{book ref|sa2|18}}

== Ingredients ==

The flatbread used in chouta is very thick.{{book ref|sa2|18}} The meat often used in the warcamps is [[flangria]], which is mixed with ground [[lavis]], formed into small balls, battered and fried.{{book ref|sa2|46}} The meatballs are then stuffed into the fried bread and covered with a generous amount of dark gravy.{{book ref|sa2|18}}{{book ref|sa2|46}} The chouta stands in [[Dalinar]]'s warcamp also sell a variety that is stuffed with fried [[cremling]] claws instead of meatballs,{{book ref|sa2|46}} and there may be other variations.{{book ref|sa3|74}} Chouta is flavorful, but not spicy.{{book ref|sa3|46}}

== History ==

[[Lopen]] introduced [[Bridge Four]] to chouta in the warcamps. [[Kaladin]] initially thought it looked disgusting,{{book ref|sa2|18}} but [[Sigzil]] and [[Rock]] tried it and enjoyed it.{{book ref|sa2|46}} Kaladin eventually broke down and bought some chouta from a street vendor; he was annoyed to discover that he actually liked it.{{book ref|sa2|81}} The love of chouta spread throughout Bridge Four, and [[Teft]], [[Skar]], [[Leyten]], and [[Drehy]] were all later seen eating it.{{book ref|sa3|46}}{{book ref|sa3|73}}

Chouta was sold at a tavern in [[Kholinar]] visited by [[Hoid]] and [[Shallan]].{{book ref|sa3|68}} It was also commonly eaten in [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}

By {{date|348|PC}}, chouta was readily available in northern [[Scadrial]]; [[Wayne]] got some very greasy chouta at a food stand in [[Bilming]] while he, [[Wax]], and [[Marasi]] were investigating [[Maraga]]. [[Wax]] thought it looked disgusting, but [[Wayne]] argued that that was how street food should look.{{book ref|mb7|32}}

==Trivia==

*[[Brandon Sanderson]] has noted that chouta are not inspired by burritos and are closer to "deep-fried meatballs in a [[wikipedia:sopaipilla|sopaipilla]]".{{wob ref|8883}}{{wob ref|2854}} Brandon is fascinated by the rapid development of portable street food during the industrial revolution, and devised chouta to reflect this concept.{{wob ref|8883}}

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