India, Nov. 5 -- A video of Zohran Mamdani, New York City's newly elected mayor, casually eating Rajnigandha mouth freshener during a street interaction has gone viral, sparking a wave of amusement among Indian social media users.

The clip, filmed during a street interview in Brooklyn by content creator Nicolas Nuvan, shows Mamdani stepping out of a black SUV. When Nuvan asks if he has eaten, Mamdani replies, "I did eat today." Moments later, he casually pulls out a packet of Rajnigandha silver pearls - saffron-blended cardamom seeds widely popular in India - and says, "I've also started having a lot of these. It's like a mint."

Mamdani then offers some to Nuvan, who tries them and says, "Oh wow, that's delicious. it feels like I'm cons...