Report- Manmohan Seju
Barmer. In this era of fast food, the taste of the hands of our elders is disappearing. But some people have preserved it. After learning grandmother’s recipe, he has taken it to the market and is doing good business. Heera Prajapat of Barmer is also one of them.
In her childhood, Heera, who used to lick her fingers after eating pickles made by her grandmother, felt that the taste of her grandmother’s pickles spread out of the house and reached other people. He started the startup of just this pickle. Heera’s ancestral work is of making pottery. But Heera started making pickles along with it. Today Heera is a successful businessman. His pickle has reached every home.
Heera has now become Heera
Heera Prajapat lives in Tilak Nagar of Barmer city. Today, she makes pickle of green chilli, carrot, turmeric, ginger, red chilli, garlic, lemon and ker-sangri using this indigenous recipe. Its consumption happens instantly. Along with making pickles, he is also continuing his ancestral work of making earthen utensils. On the festival of colours, she also makes herbal gulal which people like a lot.
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It’s not a pickle, it’s a medicine
Heera Prajapat sells her pickles at Rs 300 per kg. She has sold about 50 kg of pickles in one season. She is also making and selling Rajasthan’s native dishes Rabri and Khichiya. She says that people are slowly forgetting the taste of the dishes used years ago. She is trying to keep that test alive. Pickle is not just a food item, it is a combination of various medicinal things due to which one gets relief from many types of diseases of the body.
Why are Heera’s pickles special?
The pickles available in the market contain a lot of oil and salt. It is also harmful for the body. Therefore, people are liking Heera pickle made using traditional method and recipe. This pickle does not spoil for one year.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 1, 2024, 16:18 IST
