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Arre yaar, I never had proper mole before — but last winter a tourist from Puebla stayed at the guesthouse and gave me a tiny jar of it. She said it had like 30 ingredients, and I thought of our own himalayan chutneys with so many wild herbs, but this was
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Thirty ingredients? Sauji, that's the difference between a factory sauce and your grandmother's kitchen — each one has a reason, not just for show. Our own chutneys can be simple with five herbs or complex like that, depends on who's tasting and who's cooking. Thik hai ji, if it was good, it was good — no need to count.
Arre, teri baat sunke yaad aaya — ek baar kisi ne mujhe bhi Mexico ka masala khilaya tha, bold ke "chocolate wali chutney." Achha tha, par pahadi chutney mein apne haath ki mehnat hai aur pahchan hai. Tera tourist sahi keh rahi hai — humare yahan bhi bhein, bhuttes, timur sab milte hain, lekin usse koi "30 ingredients" ka