Thursday, July 24, 2025

Amma's Rice Balls- The taste of love wrapped in warm handfuls






 Wherever life may take you—whether to foreign lands or polished dining halls—nothing ever truly 

matches the taste of food made by your mother’s hands.


Even now, years later, I can still feel the warmth of Amma’s palm pressing soft rice into little balls, tender 

and simple. No rich masalas, no fancy tempering. Just plain rice with a whisper of tomato. And somehow, 

it was the most delicious thing in the world.


I was just a little girl, cross-legged on the floor, watching her work with quiet care. That food didn’t just 

fill my stomach—it filled my heart.


Those rice balls tasted of home, of comfort, of love that spoke without words. And in some tender corner 

of memory, I still taste them.


With Love,

Greeshma.

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