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🇮🇳 Hindi · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dadi ji's recipe

At the clay stove of the village kitchen, Noah writes down the milk sweet of Mathura: how much milk, how much sugar, how many sweets it makes, a pinch of cardamom, and Mummy ji's remark that Dadi ji writes nothing down.

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THE STORY

The village kitchen near Mathura on a December afternoon, Dadi ji at her clay stove, Mummy ji watching, Noah with his notebook. Noah says the polite you to Dadi ji; the two women speak of each other with respect.

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दादी जी, कितना दूध?daa-dee jee, kit-naa doodh?Dadi ji, how much milk?
एक लीटर. फ़ुल क्रीम.ek lee-tar. ful kreem.One litre. Full cream.
और कितनी चीनी?aur kit-nee chee-nee?And how much sugar?
एक चम्मच चीनी.ek cham-mach chee-nee.One spoon of sugar.
दो कप. ज़्यादा नहीं.do kap. zyaa-daa na-heen.Two cups. Not more.
कितने पेड़े बनते हैं?kit-ne pe-re ban-te hain?How many sweets does it make?
बीस. छोटे-छोटे.bees. chho-te-chho-te.Twenty. Small ones.
कितनी इलायची?kit-nee i-laa-ya-chee?How much cardamom?
और इलायची, दादी जी?aur i-laa-ya-chee, daa-dee jee?And the cardamom, Dadi ji?
एक चुटकी. पिसी हुई.ek chut-kee. pi-see hu-ee.A pinch. Ground.

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