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www.oneplateplease.com/cashew-macaroons The mid 80’s and the 90’s, the analog age as I like to call it, when the world wasn’t at our fingertips and certainly no super-markets in every neighbourhood. The Saturday afternoon ritual every fortnight was to accompany mom in our trusty HM Ambassador to the city centre for the grocery shopping at Ganesh Bazaar, pick up the latest issue of Tinkle, followed by a visit to Ideal’s where I would indulge in my love for ice-creams and then stop by to pick up some edible delights from City Bakery for evening tea. Most often than not, that edible delight would be the Cashew Macaroons, fondly known as “Makrum” The simplest definition of the Mangalorean Cashew Macaroons is, they are cashew-nut loaded meringue cookies. Classic Meringue cookies are made of four-ingredients viz. the egg whites, stabilizing agent, sugar and flavouring (usually vanilla). The Mangalorean Cashew macaroons require two more ingredients. No prizes for guessing them though. As the name suggests, the first ingredient is cashew-nuts and cardamom powder to impart an authentic aromatic Indian undertone to it.