Reposting Raw Papaya Delight with Video

May 8, 2016, is Mother’s Day, I thought why don’t I post something in memory of my mum. The primary aim of this blog was to have a record of all my mother’s wonderful cooking. Her sudden demise prevented me from recording all her dishes, I managed to post only a few, but those few dishes served to be a boon for me. I was able to cook some dishes because I had the recipes. One such dish was the Raw Papaya Delight, that my mum used to cook, I had posted the recipe way back in June 3, 2011.The dish that you see in that post was cooked by my mum. For Mother’s Day, I am posting a video of that dish in which you will see me cooking Raw Papaya Delight.

Raw Papaya Delight (Papaya Ghonto)

There is a villain in almost all stories; many believe it is the villain who makes the story interesting. Well I do not know how interesting but the villain in my life sure left me frustrated and who is the villain? Well, none other than my internet service provider. Constant glitches and interruptions prevented me from regularly updating my posts; now I have changed my service provider and hope to have a trouble free blogging experience.

In one of my earlier posts Foreign Influences, I had mentioned that, thanks to foreign invasions, certain fruits and vegetables have become an integral part of our daily life. One such fruit/vegetable is the papaya. Introduced by the Portuguese,