I recently stumbled on a fascinating phenomenon: Most black South Africans call what I, a South African of Indian heritage, know as mango pickle, “mango atchar”. Though “atchar” has its roots in India ...
The term ‘achar’ is derived from the Hindi language word for spice-preserved fruit and/or vegetables. In KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape, achar often retains its traditional Indian spelling and ...