Scene 1 At school pocket money used to be just a few rupees..that the best deal you can get from your parents. Typically it is spent on the wrapper free candy from the jars that lined the store near the school and then a quick dash to catch the school bus back home before it leaves. The trading happens once we are on the bus. There is a variety of candy sandd then there are pickled gooseberry, slices of juicy pineapple or the tiniest of packs of naranga achar. The achar always was the top b...| Mildly Indian
Every visit amma keeps some treasures for us. This visit she had a bharani (jar) of crisp tender mangoes in brine. Through my jet-lagged eyes too I was happily eyeing them and she knows me so well that she opened the jar, selected a crisp one and placed it with lunch on my plate. The first bite into the tender mangoes I knew it was mums love. Before leaving amma explained the process of making this maanga uppilitathu that I am sharing with you. How to select tender mangoes for uppilitathu? ...| Mildly Indian