• Tamate Ji Chutney For AlifBe ~ 8

    We are now at the 8th letter in The AlifBe (Sindhi Script) series! AlifBe of Sindhi Food is a series of blog posts where I proceed alphabetically, as per  Sindhi Alphabet ( AlifBe) and I share a corresponding Sindhi Vegetarian dish, the name of which starts with the same letter of the ‘alphabet’. So not only we learn a new letter every time, but also the pronunciation of each consonant, recipe of a dish and some interesting facts too. I also share short videos about the formation of each consonant i.e how to write it in  Sindhi. And if you…

  • Thoom Ja Vada~ Fresh Green Garlic Patty

    In my last post, when I shared some of my memories about Aunt K, a Chhapru Sindhi in our old neighbourhood along with her recipe of Thumaro, I was not sure if I would share another recipe starting with the same letter ٿ  or Th~  since I am picking only one recipe per Sindhi Alphabet. But I couldn’t resist this one as this is a seasonal dish and the green garlic, the star ingredient here, is just about to disappear from the markets. So a wise person will make hay while the sun shines and a foodie like me would…

  • Thumaro For AlifBe~7

      The 7th Consonant in AlifBe i.e the Sindhi script (Sindhi ‘Alphabet’) is ٿ  which is थ in Devanagari while in Roman Sindhi it is written as Th~ i.e by using a Tilde (~) as suffix as we don’t have a corresponding letter in English. It is pronounced as Th~ as in Thailand,Theory, Thaw, Theatre etc. In Sindhi it is taught as ٿ  for Thumbo/Thambo i.e a Pillar! And a dish starting with Th~ is a special one! It is something that I often crave for when I am under weather or when I miss my mother and Aunt K…

  • Tosha For AlifBe~6

    We are now at 6th letter of AlifBe i.e Sindhi Alphabet series and the letter is ت  which is त in Devanagari while in Roman Sindhi it is written as T~ i.e by using a Tilde (~) as suffix as we don’t have a corresponding letter in English. It is pronounced as T~ as in Taiwan, Taliban, Tabassum etc. In Sindhi it is taught as T~ for Taaro i.e a star! And the Sindhi dish starting with T~ is Tosha! Tosha are very popular Sindhi sweets and these are mostly distributed in Temples as prasad and also in condolence meets,…

  • Bheendi Pickle For AlifBe~5

    The next letter in AlifBe for Sindhi food series is ڀ   i.e Bh or भ as in Bharat or Bhutan. Please Note: If you don’t wish to read further but want to directly move to the recipe of Bheendi Pickle, then kindly click here! Else, do read on…… If you remember previous posts then you nay have noticed that except first letter ا (A), rest three letters covered so far ; ب (B), ٻ (B^), پ (P) have same basic shape while the number of dots vary! The fifth letter is formed using the same basic shape having 4 dots…

  • Pali For AlifBe ~4

    We are on the 4th letter of the Sindhi Alphabet which is پ or P as in Roman Sindhi! Different books/ websites or articles related to Persio Arabic script will show varying results if you search for this letter. I am going with the Balbharti book of Sindhi (Maharashtra) as it is the source I am referring to, for Alif Be series. You can find the scanned copy of this book here! Not only you will find the consonants and vowels in this book but also some rhymes and lessons covering the basics like letter, vowels, word formation etc. To…

  • Bitto Lolo for AlifBe~3

    Third letter of #AlifBe i.e Sindhi ‘alphabet’ is very interesting. The consonantal sound of this letter is used in only a handful-of  languages spoken across the world like: Ega or the West African language spoken in South central Ivory coast or Vietnamese, Zulu etc if I am not wrong. The letter is ٻ and is written as B^ in Roman Sindhi. In English language the sounds of consonants are articulated when the air from lungs move outwards and hence such sounds are known as pulmonic sounds (Try saying A, B, C, D….and you will be able to relate). But in…