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प्रश्न
Talk to the elders in your family and find out if there were some special foods cooked earlier that are not cooked anymore?
उत्तर
My mother shared with me that earlier; laddoos of sesame seed and of beaten rice were made at home. Now, we just buy ‘gajak’ from the market.
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