Posted 4th November 2007 at 08:32 PM by Chitvish Updated 20th February 2008 at 01:45 AM by Chitvish (typo error) As Deepavali approaches, I tend to become nostalgic about the sweets and savouries made, when we were young.
Those were the days of Mysorepak (note, not Mysorepa), Coconut burfi, Boondi laddu,wheat halwa, Somasi – well, the list is not long. We had not even heard of badushah in the 50’s. Jangiri was generally shop bought. Gulabjamun was scarce. My Appa’s North Indian friend used to send the same, but the shape was then oval and it used to look like a mini-sausage! The round gulabjamuns... | 
