The last alphabet of AlifBe, the Sindhi alphabet is ي in Arabic Sindhi, य in Devanagari and ‘Y’ is Roman Sindhi. It is also used as a vowel and could be pronounced as /e/ (even long /eee/). No Sindhi dish starts with the letter Y. Hence for the last alphabet in this series I have picked ‘Viyam Ja khaada’ . Viyam /Vyam/Vi-am means Delivery (Child birth) and Khaada means food/dishes. So basically it means the food that is supposed to be consumed by new mothers, particularly for the first 40 days after child birth. Traditionally, the new mother is supposed…
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‘Singyun (सिङयूँ) Tamate mein‘ literally means the drumstick pods or sehjan ki phalli, (cooked) in a tomato gravy. It is considered one of the best dishes to have when you need to consume something nutritious and light on tummy. It is also mandatory for the new mothers to consume drumstick pods/flowers as a part of healing and nourishing ‘Viyam Ja Khaada‘ or the post partum diet for the first forty days after child birth. Though while making it for the lactating mothers (for 40 days) the recipe varies a bit , this is a very basic recipe and one can…


