Mango And Mint Milk Shake

A few months back:

Qya (after returning from school and very excited): Mama, teacher asked me to bring a picture of my favourite fruit to school!

Me: OK, so what is your favourite fruit?

Qya: Mango! Mama, I want to eat a mango!

Me (surprised, because I couldn't remember when he ever got to eat a mango): But it is winter now. We get mangoes only during summer.

Qya: What is winter? Why is summer not here?

Me: Winter is when the days are cold, and summer is when the days are hot. You have to wait for the hot days to get your mangoes.

Qya was disappointed, but decided to wait for summer.

 

The very next day:

Qya: Mama, it is warm today. Is summer here? Can we buy mangoes?

Me: Qya, summer is not here yet. We need many consecutive warm days, eh, many warm days to come one after the other, only then would we get mangoes.

Qya was disappointed again. And when summer did finally arrive, he forgot all about the mango being his favourite fruit. But the king of fruits is everywhere, and a sweet, succulent, juicy mango with its glorious fruity aroma is not something I can resist.

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B'day Celebrations with Chocolate Cake

Everyone gathered around qya exclaiming excitedly. My mom had discovered a tiny white spot on his gum - a tooth! I know I was supposed to be happy, and I was, I assure you. But I couldn't help feeling a twinge of disappointment as I watched him smile politely at all the attention, and the realization hit me that that would be one of the last few toothless smiles I ever got from him.

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Watermelon Cooler

 They say that god gives us only as much burden as we can carry around, only as much pain as we are capable of handling. So before you complain about how hot and humid this summer is turning out to be, just take a look around you. To beat the heat, He has given you an abundance of the juiciest and sweetest fruits ever - watermelons, sweet melons, mangoes, pineapples, papaya etc. And a multitude of street vendors to sell you these fruits in whatever form you may fancy ;) - salads, chaat, juice, smoothies, shakes and so on.

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Convert Those Overripe Bananas into BONDA!

I am not all that fond of robusta bananas. But if I am unable to find their tastier cousins, I do buy them knowing that most of them are going to remain untouched on my table, going slowly from green to yellow to brown and finally to the waste bin. On one such occasion, when the bananas were reaching the end of their lifetime on my dining table, my mother (who hates wasting food like all the wise ladies around the world), decided to convert them into bondas. And they disappeared like crazy!

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