Ammiji's Phaalsa Chutney Tulsi – Remember your mother

Tulsi – Remember your mother or grandmother telling you to have aadrak-tulsiwaali chai when you sneezed a couple of times

Knead into dough for dal or methi paranthas

garlic and spices before being drowned with a syrup of jaggery and vinegar

fresh from the orchard

Turmeric is now being touted as a superfood the world over

Ammiji's Phaalsa Chutney Tulsi – Remember your motherBack in January 2021, Ammijis health saw a sudden decline. That was the first time we saw her look slightly defeated. On one of our visits to her, while we sat in her verandah on a cold and sunny winter afternoon, she suddenly popped the question we were not prepared for, So when are you doing my phaalsa chutney? After I die? That led to a promise, and heres fulfilling that promise Phalsaas are those short lived little morsels of happiness that bless