In this post, I will talk about the forgotten snacks of the Meiteis. In today's era, we are so much conquered by the taste of chowmein, momo, macaroni that we forget our indigenous snacks. In olden days, the Meiteis used to have and used to buy all these items for their children. Some of the items are: yubi laddoo, kangshubi, lalloo, leibak-hawai heingaan, kabok, hawai manggal, hawai chana, heimang heingaan etc.
Yubi laddoo is made up of grated coconut.
Kangshubi is made up of black sesame mixed in sugary syrup and made into different shapes, like round and square.
Lalloo is made up of powdery roasted uncooked rice.
Let's not forget our old gulla macha, which aunties used to sell from door to door carried in a stainless steel bucket covered with a white cloth.
Kangshubi is made up of black sesame mixed in sugary syrup and made into different shapes, like round and square.
Lalloo is made up of powdery roasted uncooked rice.
Let's not forget our old gulla macha, which aunties used to sell from door to door carried in a stainless steel bucket covered with a white cloth.
When I was a kid, I used to buy all these items and used to eat it heartily, but, children of this generation will hardly know any of these items apart from kabok. Our indigenous snacks are losing its identity in the market. The market is now dominated by all those fast food items adopted from the West and from Southeast Asia.
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