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By: Faiza Otho
It was the hot summer day and there were huge crowd of people on the stall who were enjoying the summer feast near the road side. Though, trend of Thadal in Sindh decreases with time because nowadays readymade Thadal is available in the market and many other new beverages introduced in market but the taste of originally handmade Thadal will not be replaced by readymade Thadal or other beverages, it will remain the traditional and tasty drink of Sindh. Passing through the Wadhu Wah road in Hyderabad, I heard the jingle of beads which seize my attention towards it. I saw around the shops and noticed that the sound of beads was coming from the stall of Thadal.
Thadal is considered as the energy drink and mostly used by the Pehalwans of ancient times to gain energy before facing the opponents, now it’s also famous among the locals because it controls the feeling of thirst in scorching heat of summer. Vendors seem happy selling the traditional drink and earning their livelihood. Thadal made with the ingredients like milk, pumpkin seeds (char maghaz), sugar, water, poppy seeds (khash khash), black pepper, almonds, pistachios, and green cardamom (ilaichi). Only half an hour is required for making a glass of delicious summer drink which cost only 20 rupees per glass and easy to buy.
Vendor of Thadal stall, Maula Bux setup his stall since few months at the beginning of summer near Wadh wah road in Hyderabad. The vendors display and prepare the thadal to attract the customers at their roadside setup. “Taste and choice of people have change but Thadal would not be replaced by any other drink” said Maula Bux.
Maula Bux is living in a condition of hand to mouth and Thadal making is the main source of his income. He has to carry out any other business in winter to flourish his family comprise of 7 members. Maula Bux griefly explained: “ Summer is the blessing for me and only season for my earning but in winter I choose to do other business most probably to sell soup or tea. On festive seasons it becomes difficult to fulfill the dreams of childrens, to get them new clothes and pair of shoes.”
Now Thadal stalls and making seems distinctive to the people, especially youngsters which pull them towards its stall and they want to try this energetic drink.
[The writer is student of (MC-2k12)Mass Comm Department University of Sindh. Faiza wrote this feature in 2014 as part of practical work done under supervision of renowned journalist Sir Sohail Sangi] . Later this was also published in http://www.thesindhtimes.com/blogs/summer-feast-thaadhal/
It was the hot summer day and there were huge crowd of people on the stall who were enjoying the summer feast near the road side. Though, trend of Thadal in Sindh decreases with time because nowadays readymade Thadal is available in the market and many other new beverages introduced in market but the taste of originally handmade Thadal will not be replaced by readymade Thadal or other beverages, it will remain the traditional and tasty drink of Sindh. Passing through the Wadhu Wah road in Hyderabad, I heard the jingle of beads which seize my attention towards it. I saw around the shops and noticed that the sound of beads was coming from the stall of Thadal.
Thadal is considered as the energy drink and mostly used by the Pehalwans of ancient times to gain energy before facing the opponents, now it’s also famous among the locals because it controls the feeling of thirst in scorching heat of summer. Vendors seem happy selling the traditional drink and earning their livelihood. Thadal made with the ingredients like milk, pumpkin seeds (char maghaz), sugar, water, poppy seeds (khash khash), black pepper, almonds, pistachios, and green cardamom (ilaichi). Only half an hour is required for making a glass of delicious summer drink which cost only 20 rupees per glass and easy to buy.
Vendor of Thadal stall, Maula Bux setup his stall since few months at the beginning of summer near Wadh wah road in Hyderabad. The vendors display and prepare the thadal to attract the customers at their roadside setup. “Taste and choice of people have change but Thadal would not be replaced by any other drink” said Maula Bux.
Maula Bux is living in a condition of hand to mouth and Thadal making is the main source of his income. He has to carry out any other business in winter to flourish his family comprise of 7 members. Maula Bux griefly explained: “ Summer is the blessing for me and only season for my earning but in winter I choose to do other business most probably to sell soup or tea. On festive seasons it becomes difficult to fulfill the dreams of childrens, to get them new clothes and pair of shoes.”
Now Thadal stalls and making seems distinctive to the people, especially youngsters which pull them towards its stall and they want to try this energetic drink.
[The writer is student of (MC-2k12)Mass Comm Department University of Sindh. Faiza wrote this feature in 2014 as part of practical work done under supervision of renowned journalist Sir Sohail Sangi] . Later this was also published in http://www.thesindhtimes.com/blogs/summer-feast-thaadhal/
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