From Sindhudurg with love.... SHGs of Sindhudurg at Gram Vikas Bhavan, Kharghar.....

From Sindhudurg with love....
SHGs of Sindhudurg at Gram Vikas Bhavan, Kharghar.....

Sindhudurg is the district from where I embarked on my journey as a Deputy Collector more than a  decade ago. So many memories are associated with it.

Sindhudurg also conjures visuals of the coast, beautiful cashew trees, coconuts and cashew nuts, Jackfruits, Kokam, rice and wooden toys from Saawantwadi. How would you feel to know that all these products along with many more interesting products have been brought for sale by the SHGs of Sindhudurg to Gram Vikas Bhavan at Kharghar? Authentic, pure, original with that Konkan touch.
On my visit today, to the Mahalakshmi Saras Mart at Gram Vikas Bhavan, Kharghar I was overjoyed to meet the women who had brought a variety of products.
Cashews from Sindhudurg are extremely popular and there was a large variety with and without peel. Kokum products are also there, these include the tangy kokum sherbet.
Some ladies have brought jackfruit chips,
rice papad, palak papad and sandagi mirchi with their homely touch. A variety of laddoos like the ground nut laddoos, shev laddoos ,mung laddoos, raajgira laddoos, rice ladoos will fill your lives with sweetness..... Of course  it is the authentic Maalvani Khaaja which one wants to dig into and sure enough they melt in my mouth filling it with the simplicity and sweetness of konkan.
It is summer now and what could be more attractive than having mango milk shakes and ice cream made from original mango pulp and juice. Just stock them up for it will be difficult to get this taste from the products available in Mumbai.
For the health freaks there is a variety of grains like kulith, nachani, rice and boiled rice and brown pohe, Flours of these variety are also available. Readymade mixes to make the famous Konkan ghaavan and amboli will make cooking so easy.
Coconut freshly plucked and skinned will surely add flavour to your food Aanwla- Gooseberry candy to boost your immunity is also there. Spice your life with malvani masale, fish masala,, mango and chilly pickles.
The festival of Gudi Paadvaa is on the 6th April and families must be planning to shop for the same. What better than buying authentic products of the SHGs, bringing joy to you both and adding prosperity to their lives?

P.S: Sindhudurg products will be available till 10th April at Mahalakshmi Saras Mart, Gram Vikas Bhavan, opposite ISKCON temple.