Food

While TMDs have adopted various kinds of diets picked up from the place where they lived, it is interesting to note that on festival days they revert back to their traditional food! Also the food given to a new mother soon after delivery is once again traditionally marathi.

Sambhar, once again an adopted dish, even tho' originated from Sambhaji Rao is not prepared on festival or "सना च दिवस ". On the other hand, Khadi, Pitla, Bhakri , Koshimbir and Puran Poli is made! Not to forget the Saar and Bhaaji. Tho' many of the foods mentioned above somehow got converted to a totally different dish but maintained the name, like Pitla and Bhakri! More of that later.

Udad dal is never made for festivals as it is made for Shradh. With this, I remember in my childhood when we lived at Chennai, on auspicious days like Deepavali and Vijaya Dashami , we had Tamil neighbors who got us their "Vade and Payasam"! The delicious looking Urad Medhu wada made crisp with the hole in center had our mouths watering! In vain, as the wadas would straight find its way to the backyard for the maid to take!

Similarly a new mom, would get to have "लसन्नाचा सार" garlic saar, गोंदाचा लाडू gond laddu, while the baby would be given 'gutti'

Dishes still made by the TMDs are Sappak Pitla 'सप्पक पिटला', 'ambat भाजी' ambat bhaji, 'सार 'Saar, 'कोशिंबीर' Koshimbir, 'भाजी' Bhaji, 'मेथकुत' Methkut 'गोद्दू पिटला' Goddu Pitla, Sambhar'साम्भर', 'भरीत' bharith , (वांग्याचा भारित vangyacha bharith), 'ठेंचा' Thencha, 'लोणचे' Loncha

Recipe for all the above follows...