Bello Pona - Odiya New Year Sankranti - Ripe Bael Fruit Smoothie

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Thank you Gayatri garu. You brought back many sweet memories of my father who introduced ripe bael fruit sharbat to us when we were little during the summers living in the North. We used only water, a little rock salt and very little sweetener to keep it natural. Chenna was never used in Bihar where bael sharbat is very popular on roadside stalls, kept cool in Matkas/earthenware pots. Bael is also made into murabba. The raw bael, vilampazham, is made into sweet or karam pachchadi in the TN.