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themselves). You can get a leaf-cup and sugar, for a hundred rupees.
of acär (pickle), again only a rupee. Some sweets include such costly
There are many kinds of chutneys, ingredients as musk and saffron.
fruit salads, and a unique raitä made People don’t haggle much over
with chopped fruit in thin yogurt prices. Whatever the shopkeepers
spiced with mustard seeds. There say, people just accept it, and that’s
are big capätés full of ghee for two or that.
three rupees, depending on the size.
You’ll find rice, däl, curry sauce, Items like grain sweets and sugar-
fried vegetables, and samosäs so crusted purés keep for months
huge that one is practically enough without losing freshness. A pilgrim
for a meal. traveling abroad from Nathdwara
may bring prasädam of Çrénäthajé to
Then there are milk sweets and his friends overseas. Like the Deity
sweets made with grains and sugar, Himself, the prasädam of Çrénäthajé
rich with ghee. You can buy big is famous all over the world. m
blocks, made with grains, ghee,
Çrénäthajé paintings from small shops like this one will find their way into
homes all over the world.