“I have a distinct memory of my grandmother taking me to the kitchen and teaching me how to make Sarva Pindi. For the people in Telangana, this Sarva Pindi is a regular evening snack, and women were taught to perfect the art of making these traditional pancakes right from their childhood. As I am naturally good at making these, what’s a better business than selling them? So I decided to make the best of this and be my own master in life.

I have set up this stall here in Warangal – Battal bazar lane in 2002 along with my mother-in-law. Our shop’s name is Sri Anjaneya Home Foods. We sell all varieties of Telangana Pindi vantalu but the most popular dish here is Sarvapindi and Bakshalu.

Making pindi vantalu is an ancestral practice but every generation adapts to newer changes. Unlike my parents and grandparents, I don’t indulge in working in fields. I am into this business – however small it is. We have definitely moved a step forward, but we’ve not forgotten our roots!”