Well, I have learned a skill from my grandmother that was how to make a proper chapati or roti. That skill was very difficult for me at that time because I did not know how to make it. But with the passage of time after several attempts, I just learned how to make it. In the nation community, it edified our personality if a woman should know how to make it, how to make a roti or how to make certain dishes. So, I learned that type of things from my grandmother as well as I learned different type of sources that was available at that time. I also learned that my grandmother was very strict. So, I learned how to make a curry that was a traditional curry made of yogurt raisins. That curry was made of yogurt raisins and a gram flour. When we make a mixture of a gram flour and then we fry it into a small quantity, just like a patty. Then we take it out from the pan and just in the mixture, in the raisins and in the yogurt, we just put that gram flour patty and just mix it. That’s a traditional dish of our, that’s a traditional dish of our, you know, from where I belong. That’s the traditional dish from where I belong. So, yeah, that’s the thing that we mostly interested in. You know, trying different recipes, trying different things was very good enough to develop certain things.
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Well, I have learned a skill from my grandmother, which was how to make a proper chapati or roti. That skill was very difficult for me at that time because I did not know how to make it. But with the passage of time and after several attempts, I learned how to make it. In the community, it edified our personality if a woman knew how to make it, how to make a roti, or how to make certain dishes. So, I learned those types of things from my grandmother, as well as from different sources that were available at that time. I also learned that my grandmother was very strict. I learned how to make a traditional curry made of yogurt and raisins. That curry was made with yogurt, raisins, and gram flour. When we make a mixture of gram flour, we fry it in a small quantity, just like a patty. Then we take it out from the pan, and in the mixture of raisins and yogurt, we add that gram flour patty and mix it. That's a traditional dish from where I belong. So, yeah, that's the thing that we are mostly interested in. You know, trying different recipes and trying different things was very good for developing certain skills.
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