There’s rarely an Indian
\nwho will not rave about the ‘achaar’
\ntheir Dadi or Nani made.
\nThey may also tell you of the strict rules
\nto making of that ‘achaar’
\nlest it get spoiled!
\nRecipes were passed down
\nfrom mother-in-law to daughter-in-law
\nCome summertime, raw green mangoes
\nkilos at a time
\nwould leave the home smelling like a green paradise
\nand then Dadi or Nani depending on which set of grandparents
\nyou were visiting that summer
\nwould call for her special mix of spices
\nFennel, fenugreek, nigela, mustard, turmeric
\nsalt and chilli powder red and feiry!
\nThe colours all a riot on a large platter
\nA pouring of a hot golden glaze of mustard oil
\nand everyone’s salivary glands would go into a frenzy
\nat the aroma announcing to the neighbourhood
\nIt was ‘achaar’ day at our home!
\nThose jars with white muslin-covered mouths
\nwould rest for days under strong sunlight
\ndeepening the flavour and developing character!
\nSuch a character and flavour that was
\nthat it’s been 40 years since Nani’s gone,
\nbut my salivary glands still go into a frenzy
\nat the mere thought of Nani’s ‘achaar’!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There’s rarely an Indian who will not rave about the ‘achaar’ their Dadi or Nani made. They may also tell you of the strict rules to making of that ‘achaar’ lest it get spoiled! Recipes were passed down from mother-in-law to daughter-in-law Come summertime, raw…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3065,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3065"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114144,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114111\/revisions\/114144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}