food-memory

Tag - theme

Stories connected by theme and carried through food, place, and memory.

3 stories connected to food-memory.

A small two-tier steel tiffin with daal, chawal, and achaar in a nostalgic school lunch setting.

Growing Up Desi/September 12, 2026

The Day the Tiffin Came Back Full

A full steel tiffin, birthday poori, cold daal-chawal, and the small piece of achaar that changed everything.

School/Daal-Chawal / Achaar

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Homemade makhan in a steel katori beside hot mooli paranthas in a Punjabi kitchen.

Rituals & Seasons/June 15, 2026

Makhan: Jo Haath Se Banta Tha

Malai collected all week, cold water in the mixer, makhan rolled by hand, and mooli paranthas waiting on a Sunday morning.

Punjab/Homemade Makhan / Mooli Parantha

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Punjabi wedding bhaji sweets being weighed and packed into boxes during pre-wedding preparations.

Rituals & Seasons/May 30, 2026

Bhaji: The Box That Travelled to the Wedding

Before the wedding day, the halwai arrived, the courtyard filled with shakarpara, mathi, laddoo, and song - and the whole neighborhood helped pack the celebration.

Jalandhar/Bhaji, shakarpara, mathi, laddoo, balushahi

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