Jalandhar

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

5 stories connected to Jalandhar.

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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A late-night GT Road dhaba table with butter chicken, tandoori roti, and a white Ambassador parked nearby.

Why We Eat This Way/May 30, 2026

Butter Chicken: Pehli Baar

A first taste of butter chicken on GT Road — late night, white Ambassador, tandoori roti, and a dish whose richest story begins with leftovers.

Jalandhar / GT Road/Butter chicken, tandoori roti

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Roadside chai being shared outside DAV College Jalandhar, a Punjab college stall memory of tea, rain, and friendship

Street, Adda & Station/April 28, 2026

Maddi Di Chai, Split Three Ways

At Maddi di chai, one cup was never just one cup. It was three sips, one samosa, aur thodi der zyada khade rehna than you planned.

DAV College, Jalandhar/Chai and samosa

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School tiffin with cold paratha and bhindi remembered from Jalandhar recess before the bell

Growing Up Desi/April 26, 2026

Cold Paratha Before the Bell

By second period, smell bag se bahar aa chuki hoti thi. The real lunch had already started before recess even got a chance.

Jalandhar/Paratha and bhindi

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Kulfi vendor walking through old Jalandhar neighborhoods during summer evenings with a wooden cart and ringing bell

Street, Adda & Station/April 23, 2026

Tille Wali Kulfi

The bell came before the cart. Coins in your hand, impatience in your step, and a kulfi that never lasted as long as you planned.

Jalandhar/Kulfi

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