The fondest memories I have of my grand mother are when she would send us mango chutney and pickles every summer. My mother would tell me stories of how her mother ( my grandmother) would make chapatis everyday and all members of the family would surround the Chulah for hot chapatis. Food brings people together. It transcends time, and allows us to capture the sweet nostalgia of a shared past.

Born in 1934 in Bhawalpur Pakistan, Bimla Devi Jindal moved to Punjab after she married and settled in Muktsar. Mother to six, and grandmother to fourteen, her culinary curiosities have been passed down to generations. I, her granddaughter fondly remember her by the simplicity of the food she cooked, which were mostly dishes from an everyday punjabi kitchen. With the help of my mother, Parvila, as my grandmother would call her, I have attempted to preserve and cherish these memories through these recipes, and share this joy of simpler times with the global punjabi diaspora.