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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Sweet-maker's Stove

Rohan films the sweet-maker at the shop's stove in Chandni Chowk and Noah asks: the stove was built by the first owner's hands, the brass pan was brought from Moradabad and mended twice, the recipe was never written down, the sign is painted by hand, it is said a film star came, and a tall shop serves a bland dish.

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THE STORY

The shop's kitchen in Chandni Chowk on a November morning, Rohan filming on his phone with a borrowed tripod; Noah and Rohan say the polite you to the sweet-maker, and he says it back to them.

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कैमरा चालू है. शुरू से बताइए.kai-ma-raa chaa-loo hai. shu-roo se ba-taa-i-ye.Rolling. From the beginning, please.
यह कब बनाई गई थी?ye kab ba-naa-ee ga-ee thee?When was it built?
कहा जाता है किka-haa jaa-taa hai kiit is said that
बनाई गई थीba-naa-ee ga-ee theewas built
कहा जाता है कि यह भट्ठी पहले मालिक के हाथों से बनाई गई थी.ka-haa jaa-taa hai ki ye bhat-thee peh-le maa-lik ke haa-thon se ba-naa-ee ga-ee thee.It is said that this stove was built by the first owner's hands.
यह कड़ाही मुरादाबाद से लाई गई थी, दो बार ठीक की गई.ye ka-raa-hee mu-raa-daa-baad se laa-ee ga-ee thee, do baar theek kee ga-ee.This pan was brought from Moradabad, and was mended twice.
किसने ठीक की?kis-ne theek kee?Who mended it?
गली के पीतल वालों ने. और रेसिपी कभी लिखी नहीं गई.ga-lee ke pee-tal vaa-lon ne. aur re-si-pee ka-bhee li-khee na-heen ga-ee.The brass men of the lane. And the recipe was never written down.
और बोर्ड? हाथ से पेंट किया जाता है?aur bord? haath se pent ki-yaa jaa-taa hai?And the sign? Is it painted by hand?
हाँ, हर दीवाली. ऊँची दुकान फीका पकवान, कहते हैं. हमारी छोटी है, पकवान मीठा.haan, har dee-vaa-lee. oon-chee du-kaan phee-kaa pak-vaan, keh-te hain. ha-maa-ree chho-tee hai, pak-vaan mee-thaa.Yes, every Diwali. A tall shop, a bland dish, they say. Ours is small, the dish sweet.