After a long time, I stepped into the vegetable market and enjoyed it. Thick fresh red tomatoes, blooming cauliflower, lush green fresh spinach. It seemed as if every vegetable was talking to me, as if a cartoon movie had given them life. Just as humans have different personalities, so do every vegetable. Ladybug teases a little – Take it, take me. Everyone likes me at home. Tomato certainly has arrogance – food will not be cooked without me. Potato is also in this category but it is not arrogant. He is happy alone and also mingles with others. That’s why everyone likes it. The brinjal calls softly – Take it. The day I make Bhurta after grinding, my life will be successful. On the other hand, bitter gourd is sitting like Devdas. People reject him, considering him bitter. But how do you know the value of a pinch of dry mango powder, Babu? Make it properly, only then you will know my taste. French beans have their own style, the Miss Universe of beans. But look at the poor ‘uncultured’ Fali – completely illiterate, not even a figure. The conversation about beans etc. and other legumes is limited to turmeric and cumin. But the social circle of French beans is very large. He gets to interact with the world’s top chefs. Bubbly carrot and confident cucumber – both know that their place is fixed. You definitely consume them before eating. He also has a big heart. Health lovers have started eating so many things these days. Delicate, colorful NRI vegetables have now established their place in the market. Broccoli, iceberg lettuce and zucchini are now available at the vegetable vendor’s stall. Even avocado is now the country’s darling. It got so much free publicity on Instagram that even chaat vendors started selling Avocado Sev Puri. But what about our indigenous vegetables in this popularity race? ridge gourd, tinda, parwal, gourd – their love for the country is so much that they never got a passport made. There is no trace of them in foreign supermarkets. It is not easy to get his fans. Wherever these are built, some elders definitely live. Those gourds and tindas, which children eat with their mouths closed – do they have no rights? How long will they remain buried, in your bag, in your fridge? Doesn’t he feel like seeing his name on the menu of some good restaurant? Well, the debate continues among vegetables. But who is their real enemy? Cheese. In every wedding, every party, every function, that handsome white sponge has occupied the menu. People are hovering around him, eating selectively from the gravy. It is called Shahi Paneer, Paneer Lababdar, Paneer Pasanda and us? Mix Vegetable. Who will eat? Brother, the time has come that we too start a movement. You guys respect us. Come to the market and get it. This is the culture of ordering from apps, time has come to explain something. They imprison us in plastic, we die from within. No one caresses us lovingly, does not select us and puts us in a bag. We are lying in the darkness of the warehouse, some of our comrades are rotten. Someone is making a lot of money, the little guy is getting killed in it. Come to the market whenever you can, bring your children along. Teach them how to pick okra, show the difference between coriander and mint. The old-time outing was to visit the vegetable market and bring flour and sugar. This was the work that even gents used to do, filling their bags while returning from office. Now people in big cities do not have time. Ordering online feels right. Well, I have decided to go every week myself. I will bring fresh vegetables of my choice. Cut, grate and cook in less oil. I will get happiness by eating. By the way, cheese is also good in its own place. Protein is his truth. But give rights to vegetables also. Keep your body fit. Come to the market whenever possible, bring your children along. Teach them how to pick ladyfinger, show them the difference between coriander and mint. The old-time outing was to visit the vegetable market and bring flour and sugar. Gents also used to do this work, filling their bags while returning from office. (These are the author’s own views)
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Rashmi Bansal’s column: Like humans, vegetables also have their own personality.
