Mandi - The Local Veggie Vend

Mandi.

They say India is all about Snake Charmers and temples. What those people dint know is India is the land of diversity in terms of everything from culture, cuisines or styles. You name it and we have it all diversified. We always have believed in consuming everything fresh straight from the kitchen without freezing and storing it for days.

This Saturday I got this golden opportunity to see the most colorful combination of India, the weekly Mandi of Noida.

Mandi is mainly a place where all local vegetable sellers get together and sell those fresh fruits and vegetables at a comparatively lesser price. Generally, it's once in a week in a particular location and then these sellers move to another location to sell them on a different day. Well, I was lucky enough to live in a place where it happens on Saturday. So, my father and I armed with 2 jute designer vegetable bags went there.

The sight of the mandi was spectacular with all the vegetable sellers sitting in a proper line displaying their vegetables and shouting their own roll calls to attract the customers. The vegetables were fresh and looked beautiful all decorated in a line. The ripe rich tomato was shining in its own way while the Halloween Pumpkin had its own charm. There were altogether 3 varieties of apples of different price ranges for people of different section to have their own share of keeping the doctor away.

What really was surprising about this local bazaar was that not only there were fruits and veggies but also plastic crockery stall having all sorts of colorful tiffin and steel utensils. It was really lovely to see a little kid plucking her mother's sari and telling to buy her yellow tiffin and not that red one. The cost comparatively less again than the big supermarkets.

The sale of bangles and other feminine stuffs arrested my attention. Women throng towards the seller to buy a fair deal and have their own set of collections to compliment them with their own attire.

We filled our bangs with the fresh vegetable to complete our quota for a week and I also go tiffin to store my cookies. All in all it was an amazing experience and all you readers out there… Don't miss a chance if you get a chance to visit one!

Apologies for not so clear picture quality as couldn't take my Nikon there! 

Have a Happy Weekend!

Thanks!