Tival

Tival is a drink that acts as a great accompaniment to a meal on a hot summer’s day. If you are familiar with sol kadhi, tival is similar, but minus the coconut milk. For Disha, growing up in Mumbai meant coming back from school in the scorching heat and occasionally being treated with tival, whipped up by her grandmother in a couple of minutes. In Disha’s family, it was a well-known fact that when her grandmother prepared tival, it was an indication to pamper her, given her fondness for it. Even before she knew the precise name of the drink, as a child, Disha recalls calling it “ambat-goad”—which translates to sweet and sour—owing to its quintessential taste. Even if some memories begin to fade, for Disha, recipes such as these are a reminder of the time spent with her grandmother, a nostalgic whiff of her childhood intact.