Now, chai and Indian spices available in Dupont

Traditional chai, Indian spices, snacks and sweets will now be easily available in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., US.

Rano Singh has opened her Dupont Circle shop known as Pansaari which will act as a chai bar for the people, the Washington Post reported.

Singh said that to reduce waste, the chai bar won't sell tea to go unless one brought their own cup and nor does it offer that other coffeehouse staple, WiFi and the main goal was to get people to talk to each other.

Singh's food consists of small plates of protein-rich snacks, an Indian cottage cheese.

The menu will change from week to week, but recent fare included aloo tikki potato patties, poha, or flattened rice, paneer pakora (fried cheese) and dhokla, a steamed chickpea batter with a cornbread-like texture.

Singh is also selling a vast collection of spices, arranged along an entire wall in glass jars.