Swaad Bhare! Shakti Bhare! Barso Se! - Part 2

As I grew up, I managed to move beyond Parle-G and Krackjack. In addition to these, there were the biscuits my mother made. She would prepare the flour and then shape them like cookies and bake them in a bakery nearby. She stopped when she thought it was too much of work. In 1992 during the riots, the bakery was burned down. Most of the bakeries in Mumbai are owned by Muslims. These are old fashion bakeries which have a fire burning below and big metal pans where the bread and biscuits are kept. I guess nowadays there are electric bakeries. If you walk through older Mumbai like Agripada and Byculla, you will still find these bakeries.

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