#BORDI CHIKOO FESTIVAL FREE#

#BORDI CHIKOO FESTIVAL FREE#

The brand also makes coin purses for just INR 30 using scrap cloth that would otherwise be discarded.ДЄnother lady duo was selling Maharashtrian delicacies from where we bought lunch - they threw in free an additional rice bhakri to go with the brinjal sabzi we had ordered. We thought the tissues were for display but were told we got them too free when we bought the bags. She was selling tissue holders with tissues in them for just INR 30. One lady was selling bags and cloth merchandise under the brand Sew Good and her products were good and inexpensive.

We bought Metkut or a methi powder to mix with rice and eat and thalipeeth, a multi-grain mix to make Rotis (that turn out to be a meal by themselves).ДЄ lot of local entrepreneurs, mostly women get a chance to showcase their products and make money selling to 140000 visitors (2019). Also amla products, pickles, papads, homemade spice mixes, snacks and dried fritters (wadis). There have been more unusual products in recent years with Chikoo Wine and Chikoo Vinegar making their appearance at Chikoo Festival.Д«asket of fresh Chikoos the key product to purchase, on sale at the Chikoo Festival,ДЄt the annual Chikoo Festival in February each year you can buy fresh Chikoo and the above products. So the local growers now make chips (yes, and air-dried), powder (with which you can make milkshake), pickle, Barfi, and chocolate. There is only so much Chikoo you can eat fresh and the rest can't be kept fresh refrigerated. The area is also used as a sanatorium (in modern times to reclaim your sanity from crowded Mumbai). Gholvad is famous for its Chikoo orchards and Parsi homes many of which now serve as homestays. Fringed by Casuarinas that look like pines but are not, Bordi is a sleepy town with adjacent Gholvad a slightly bigger one.

It is a quiet and shallow beach with clayey black sand. When you are bored at Mumbai, head to Bordi beach 2.5 hours from our home at Thane. The eighth edition of the Chikoo Festival, an interesting annual event will be held on the first weekend of February on 1 and 2 February 2020.ДЇringe benefits of a Mumbai stay include the possibility of escape to quiet beaches a few hours away by road.

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