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
A simple lemon pickle where the lemon is in perfect harmony with salt and a few birds eye chillies have always been the house favorite of all pickles throughout my life. While having the lemon pickle with 'kanji ' (Congee) and 'payar thoran,' very often I have heard my dad talk about the pickle with 'odichukutthi naranga' made by my grandmother. I couldn't much relate to it coz I hardly ever figured out till recently it was citron. Citron or wild lemon Citrus medica, odichukkutyhi naran...| Mildly Indian