Hello Hello,
Its detention day at The Alphabet
Club and the letter for the month is C.
C is for Chai(चाय)
- It may not be an exaggeration if I
say Chai is national drink of India. Every guest is treated to a cup of
chai in Indian homes. Chai is Hindi word for tea and can be prepared
black, with milk, without sugar, etc. This comes from the Persian چای chay, which
originated from the Chinese word for tea 茶 chá.
Until a few years ago I thought tea
or chai is native to India ...ha ha the bliss of ignorance. It is prepared in
many ways across the country ,here is the recipe my mom follows:
Makes two cups of tea:
1. Boil 1.25 cups of water. Add 2
spoons of sugar . Once the sugar dissolves add 1 teaspoon of chai.
2. Once the chai leaves its
essence(the color of water will change ), add 0.75 cup of milk.
3. Bring it to a boil . Sieve
the chai and serve.
This is the normal milky sugary
version of chai which you will find being served in tea stalls in India .
Various ingredients like ginger, cardamom, tulsi are added to it while boiling
to add to its taste. Masala chai is one of the popular versions .
C is for Chandrama(चन्द्रमा)- Hindi word for moon. Also called as chand (चांद) in Hindi and Urdu.
Moon is considered as epitome of beauty hence its common to compare beauty of your female partner with the moon. Also its looked upon as a sign of simplicity. Children all over India and even elders call it affectionately as "Chanda mama". Mama means the maternal uncle in both North Indian and South Indian languages.
C is for Chakda - This is curious vehicle used to carry passengers in North
western state of India, Gujarat.
It is improvised from a Royal
Enfield with diesel engine, some sort of shaft drive and arrangement to seat people.
Its decorated with colors and pictures and can be seen being used for carrying
passengers in rural Gujarat.
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Looking forward what others TACers are talking about.
Lovely camper van!! C is for cross stitch too:)
ReplyDeleteI am seeing that Chakda for the first time.
Your camper van is too cute!! And the Chakda looks like a fun way to get around :)
ReplyDeleteI do love masala chai, especially when drinking it in India. Preeti is right -- c is for cross-stitch. Lovely van. One of these days I'll stitch something again.
ReplyDeleteHi Mini,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog. You didn't leave an e-mail so I couldn't reply to you directly. But if you come back to my blog, there is a link in my sidebar to "Vonna's Altoid Tin Finishing" that will show you how to cover the Altoid tin. I'm not putting the link here because sometimes that will make a comment appear to be spam and you might miss it.
Hi Mini
ReplyDeleteThank you for the lovely comment on my blog (sorry I couldn't reply directly as the comment came in without an email) :o)
I love your "C" post. I have never tried a Chai Tea - I love tea and drink gallons of it but I don't really like milky or sweet tea which is why I haven't tried a Chai. One day I really must be brave and try it....
Hugs xx
Great C post, lot of interesting news, love your camping van too. Amicalement. xxx
ReplyDeleteGreat alphabet club post. I love the Chakda, what a strange vehicle!
ReplyDeleteHaha... Now that I've figured out how to comment on your blog, look out for a flurry of comments from my end :D
ReplyDeleteGreat TAC post! Chai yummy chai... with biskoot/vada! Reminds me of college hostel days :) And chakda is new to me too.
Great little camper van project! :)
I love receiving comments from you .
DeleteThanks for your appreciation.