Gajar ka Halwa was a big disappointment in my life! Growing up, you see in almost every Hindi movie the Maa tell her Beta that she has made Gajar ka Halwa. And suddenly the entire atmosphere of that scene changes from one of confrontation to peace...or sadness to bliss or something along those lines...
Now this is not today's day where you could just go out, find a restaurant who made a North Indian dessert, and try it out. Even something as basic as wheat was just starting to make it's first appearance into South India and folks where experimenting with their first chapatis.
So finally on my first trip out during college, I did try this miracle dessert. And it was disappointing....don't get me wrong...it was not bad at all to taste...but it wasn't the magical elixir I expected from watching all those movies....!!
Anyway...now that am obsessed with this 'aaj se teri...' song from Pad Man, am starting to sense a similar feeling about a Malpua. Never heard of it before. But it seems to be able to right every wrong as long as "Bas mere liye tu maalpuve....Kabhi kabhi bana dena...."
Now this is not today's day where you could just go out, find a restaurant who made a North Indian dessert, and try it out. Even something as basic as wheat was just starting to make it's first appearance into South India and folks where experimenting with their first chapatis.
So finally on my first trip out during college, I did try this miracle dessert. And it was disappointing....don't get me wrong...it was not bad at all to taste...but it wasn't the magical elixir I expected from watching all those movies....!!
Anyway...now that am obsessed with this 'aaj se teri...' song from Pad Man, am starting to sense a similar feeling about a Malpua. Never heard of it before. But it seems to be able to right every wrong as long as "Bas mere liye tu maalpuve....Kabhi kabhi bana dena...."
