D^adhri, a healthy snack loaded with nostalgia! I grew up in Ulhasnagar, a place where many Sindhis still follow their traditions, where the old rituals are still valued, where you can hear the locals speaking in Sindhi language, the families eating Sindhi food on daily basis and Sindhi festivals being celebrated traditionally. It is a place where you can still find the forgotten food like Kuneh Ja beeh, Lor^h, Beeh Ja pakora/Tikki, Suhanjhro, Pali etc. As a child growing up in a typical middle class Sindhi family, I remember consuming only seasonal vegetables, fruits/food and nothing fancy/exotic/imported. It was not…
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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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The AlifBe of Sindhi food series is inching towards the end and I am trying to stay focused and enthusiastic about blogging beyond the AlifBe series. Wish me luck, dear friends! For the uninitiated, there are 52 alphabets in Arabic Sindhi script. Out of 52, I have skipped three alphabets, namely ح , ظ , ث i.e ‘S’, ‘Z’ and ‘H’ respectively as these are used in the words of Non Sindhi origin (i.e in words that are Arabic, Persian etc) while هہ , ز , س are used for the similar sounds (S, Z, H) in words of Sindhi…
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Want secret recipes of Batan Papdi Chutney and special Chaat masala? Do check the video recipe : AlifBe~ 45 The 45th Alphabet of Arabic Sindhi script is ڻ in Sindhi, ण in Devanagari and N~ in Roman Sindhi. In Hindi or Devanagari, no word starts with this particular alphabet. Same is the case with the Sindhi script and the ण appears in the middle or at the end of any word. In English it is generally denoted by ‘N’ as in Ramayan, Raavan, Brahman etc due to lack of proper corresponding alphabet for ण, in English. And I have picked…
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To watch the video recipe of Nasarpuri style Seyal Bhaji, please check my Youtube channel, SindhiRasoiOfficial. Click here to visit the link! The 44th ‘alphabet’ of Arabic Sindhi Script, AlifBe, is ن in Sindhi, न in Devanagari and ‘N’ in Roman Sindhi. N as in Nagpur, Nagaland, Nigeria or as in Nasarpur. And the corresponding dish is ‘ Nasarpuri Seyal Bhaji, with Dhokri (Dhokryun)’. Nasarpur (Nasarpur/Nasserpur): Nasarpur is one of the oldest known places in Sindh (now in Pakistan), that finds mentions in not only the history and geography of ancient civilization, but also in the legends associated with the…
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The 29th Consonant in Sindhi AlifBe is ض in Arabic Sindhi, ज़ in Devanagari and ‘Z‘ in Roman Sindhi. ‘Z’ as in ‘Zaroor‘ or ‘Zaroori‘! Yes, ‘Z’ is already covered in the AlifBe series but then, there are 4 variations of ‘Z’ in Persio Arabic Sindhi script. Do read the details here, in case you are interested! Coming back to the ض, since there is no Sindhi dish starting with this consonant, I am here today with a post about essential/important spices i.e ‘Zaroori Masalha ‘ in Sindhi cuisine, for AlifBe of Sindhi Food~29! I am yet to confirm the…
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Alifbe of Sindhi Food, the series about A-Z of Sindhi food is now at the 21st letter; ڊ or D in Roman Sindhi and ड in Devanagari ! D as in Daddy, Dairy, Daily etc! And I couldn’t help but pick one of the most popular Sindhi street foods, the Dab^al Pakor^a (In Roman Sindhi) or Dabal Pakora (Pakora pao/sandwich) for ڊ ! The term Dabal is used for Double roti which could mean Pav/Pao or even the sliced bread, in Sindhi! Bread is being commonly used in Sindhi households since past many decades (probably even before the Partition happened)…





