Helping with tradition leads to a culinary path

Feeling festive: (From left to right) Preeti, Chandrika and Vishaal sharing a light moment while making bundhi ladoo for Deepavali at their house in Jalan Kampar, Penang. — K.T.GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: When Pravinabahen Manoj Kumar first started her hands in the Indian sweetmeats, it was just to help her mother-in-law in the kitchen to prepare for the festive period.

The 54-year-old housewife, fondly known as Preeti, said her mother-in-law Chandrika Taratiawala, 82, would make sweets such as Gujarati samosa, bundhi ladoo, jelebi, paal kova, gulab jamun and others.