• AlifBe - Jams/Pickles

    Saandhano For AlifBe Of Sindhi Food ~10

    In my first post of AlifBe series I have mentioned that the 52 letters of Sindhi Alphabet, known as AlifBe or Alaph Ambhu, could be divided into sixteen basic shape groups. A short recap: ا  (अ/A) is the only alphabet in first shape group! ا as in ‘Attack’ or ا as in Atte Ja Ladoon The following 9 alphabets come under the second basic shape group characterised by a boat shaped base with varying numbers and positions of dots. Also kindly note that different literary authorities follow a slightly different sequence of these alphabets. ب  (ब/B) as in Baby or as…

  • AlifBe - Side dish - Snacks

    Thabak Vadiyun | AlifBe Of Sindhi Food ~ 9

    Moving alphabetically in AlifBe of Sindhi Food series, we are now at the 9th consonant! Before talking about the AlifBe alphabet of today or the corresponding dish, let me share some memories with you! In 2011 and 2012 I got some back to back opportunities to meet the celebrity chefs like Chef Vikas Khanna, Chef Kunal Kapoor and Chef Ajay Chopra for various events during, as well as after the MasterChef India season 2. And that’s when I got a chance to meet and interact with Chef Sanjeev Kapoor too. Then there was a Food bloggers’ day celebrated in 2012…

  • AlifBe - Jams/Pickles - Side dish - Vegan

    Tamate Ji Chutney For AlifBe ~ 8

    We are now at the 8th alphabet in The AlifBe series! AlifBe of Sindhi Food is a series of blog posts where I proceed alphabetically, as per Arabic Sindhi Alphabet ( AlifBe) and I share a corresponding Sindhi Vegetarian dish, the name of which starts with the same letter of the alphabet. So not only we learn a new alphabet every time, but also the pronunciation of each consonant, recipe of a dish and some interesting facts too. I also share short videos about the formation of each consonant i.e how to write it in Arabic Sindhi. And if you…

  • AlifBe - Curries/Vegetables - Vegan

    Thumaro For AlifBe~7

      The 7th Consonant in AlifBe i.e the Perso-Arabic Sindhi script (Alphabet) is ٿ  which is थ in Devanagari while in Roman Sindhi it is written as Th~ i.e by using a Tilde (~) as suffix as we don’t have a corresponding alphabet in English. It is pronounced as Th~ as in Thailand,Theory, Thaw, Theatre etc. In Sindhi it is taught as ٿ  for Thumbo/Thambo i.e a Pillar! And a dish starting with Th~ is a special one! It is something that I often crave for when I am under weather or when I miss my mother and Aunt K…

  • AlifBe - Sweet Dishes

    Tosha For AlifBe~6

    We are now at 6th letter of AlifBe i.e Sindhi Alphabet series and the letter is ت  which is त in Devanagari while in Roman Sindhi it is written as T~ i.e by using a Tilde (~) as suffix as we don’t have a corresponding alphabet in English. It is pronounced as T~ as in Taiwan, Taliban, Tabassum etc. In Sindhi it is taught as T~ for Taaro i.e a star! And the Sindhi dish starting with T~ is Tosha! Tosha are very popular Sindhi sweets and these are mostly distributed in Temples as prasad and also in condolence meets,…

  • AlifBe - Jams/Pickles

    Bheendi Pickle For AlifBe~5

    The next letter in AlifBe for Sindhi food series is ڀ   i.e Bh or भ as in Bharat or Bhutan. Please Note: If you don’t wish to read further but want to directly move to the recipe of Bheendi Pickle, then kindly click here! Else, do read on…… If you remember previous posts then you nay have noticed that except first alphabet ا (A), rest three alphabets covered so far ; ب (B), ٻ (B^), پ (P) have same basic shape while the number of dots vary! The fifth alphabet is formed using the same basic shape having 4 dots…

  • AlifBe - Curries/Vegetables - Main Course

    Pali For AlifBe ~4

    We are on the 4th Alphabet of Arabic Sindhi Alphabet which is پ or P as in Roman Sindhi! Different books/ websites or articles related to Persio Arabic script will show varying results if you search for this alphabet. I am going with the Balbharti book of Arabic Sindhi (Maharashtra) as it is source I am referring for Alif Be series. You can find the scanned copy of this book here! Not only you will find the consonants and vowels in this book but also some rhymes and lessons covering the basics like alphabets, vowels, word formation etc. To make…