In most other places March would be a season of spring but living in a hot dry place one rarely gets to witness those blooms on the sidewalks, the whiffs of fragrance, the musky breeze, the fat bunches of blossoms, the never ending stretches of yellow mustard flowers and all those things that signal the coming of monsoon, instead March in Hyderabad is the prologue to the hot humid whether that would be engulfing the city for the next three months and not to forget its also the month of the royal and splendid arrival of the King of Fruits. The first signs of appearance marked by white flower laden tree is a pleasant sight to all the mango lover's eyes. If you look at it from a distance , it looks more like shreds of snow covering the thick greens.
And while the mango trees in your courtyard are still in the first stages of production, there are green mangoes already available in the market and its the season of all yummy chutneys, murabbas and aabsholas.
As much as I love the sweet smelling ripened yellow mangoes, I would kill to eat the kacchi kayeri with the powdery mixture of salt and red chilli. Now why kill to eat , that's not because kayeri is not easily available. Its very easy to lay your hands on them in this season. Only thing is kayeri in isolation, doesn't give you the taste you are looking for, eating without any accomplishments would only leave your tongue sore and cracked. But if you are caught trying to access all things at one go, the elders in your family are bound to smell through your intentions as a result there is every possibility that you would be presented with 101 reasons stating how and why such a combination is harmful for you specially in this hot summer, these reasons are more often than not accessorized with a bit of scoldings but that's a very small prize to pay for the eternal satisfaction that one derives from eating this once in a year fruit (?)
And so to avoid any suspicion the kayeris, salt and red chilli combo has to be smuggled one by one, each at different time to avoid the risk of all access to these little joys being barred. If one were to get spotted by my dadi, she would suffice by saying, "Nau sau niamath kha ke bhi ujaad cheezon mein dil atkawa rehta."
If only she knew THIS was our summer niameth. I guess she did know it sometime back, she has only outgrown it.
There is an indescribable joy, a divine tangy taste in relishing each slice of salt-chilli coated kayeri bit by bit, it only leaves you craving for more. I hear the other alternative is chaat masala, haven't tried yet but I can still vouch nothing beats that hot and tangy flavor that you get form the kayri-namak-laal mirch combo. And if you haven't tried it yet, you don't know what you are missing.
P.S. This post is a product of extreme boredom (but I do love raw mangoes like crazy), were you to find it dumb, I'd be least offended.
And while the mango trees in your courtyard are still in the first stages of production, there are green mangoes already available in the market and its the season of all yummy chutneys, murabbas and aabsholas.
As much as I love the sweet smelling ripened yellow mangoes, I would kill to eat the kacchi kayeri with the powdery mixture of salt and red chilli. Now why kill to eat , that's not because kayeri is not easily available. Its very easy to lay your hands on them in this season. Only thing is kayeri in isolation, doesn't give you the taste you are looking for, eating without any accomplishments would only leave your tongue sore and cracked. But if you are caught trying to access all things at one go, the elders in your family are bound to smell through your intentions as a result there is every possibility that you would be presented with 101 reasons stating how and why such a combination is harmful for you specially in this hot summer, these reasons are more often than not accessorized with a bit of scoldings but that's a very small prize to pay for the eternal satisfaction that one derives from eating this once in a year fruit (?)
And so to avoid any suspicion the kayeris, salt and red chilli combo has to be smuggled one by one, each at different time to avoid the risk of all access to these little joys being barred. If one were to get spotted by my dadi, she would suffice by saying, "Nau sau niamath kha ke bhi ujaad cheezon mein dil atkawa rehta."
If only she knew THIS was our summer niameth. I guess she did know it sometime back, she has only outgrown it.
There is an indescribable joy, a divine tangy taste in relishing each slice of salt-chilli coated kayeri bit by bit, it only leaves you craving for more. I hear the other alternative is chaat masala, haven't tried yet but I can still vouch nothing beats that hot and tangy flavor that you get form the kayri-namak-laal mirch combo. And if you haven't tried it yet, you don't know what you are missing.
P.S. This post is a product of extreme boredom (but I do love raw mangoes like crazy), were you to find it dumb, I'd be least offended.
And so to avoid any suspicion the kayeris, salt and red chilli combo has to be smuggled one by one, each at different time to avoid the risk of all access to these little joys being barred
ReplyDeleteNostalgic. One can't finish reading your post without having saliva in mouth and craving for kayeri