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Gujarati Sweets Warm up the Winter

Gujarati Sweets Warm up the Winter

In winter, Gujaratis prepare certain sweets considered to have healthful heating properties. One is gundar pak (the light brown spheres in the photograph)  which is made from wheat flour, sugar, ghee, ginger, ganthoda  (valerian), and  gundar (an edible gum made from...

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Bitter Melon, Sweet Potential

Bitter Melon, Sweet Potential

All summer I watched the vine with its delicate leaves and lovely little yellow flowers grow up the iron banister of my stairs at the rate of several inches a day. planted the seeds in June but had given up hope of any harvest. Then, this morning, I saw them, two...

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