Hashim Saves the Mangoes
Authors: Ipsita Dasgupta, Rukmini Das
Illustrator: Ananya Broker Parekh
2/11
Hashim loves mangoes.
This summer, the mangoes are about to spoil.
Hashim wants to save them.
3/11
Baba tells Hashim that if he removes water from
the mangoes, they will not spoil.
“Germs cannot live without water,” he says.
4/11
“How do we take water out of the mangoes?” asks Hashim.
“Add salt to them!” says Baba.
5/11
Then Baba and Hashim keep the mangoes out in the sun to dry.
6/11
They put the mangoes in a bottle with some oil.
Oil doesn’t let germs from the air reach the mangoes.
7/11
“Baba, we have made pickle!” says Hashim.
8/11
How can we preserve our favourite
fruits and vegetables?
9/11
Potato slice + boil + dry = potato chips
(to be fried and eaten)
Any fruit + sugar + lemon + cook = jam
10/11
Tomato + salt + sun + oil = sun-dried tomatoes
Lemon + salt = lemon preserves
11/11
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Hashim Saves the
Mangoes
It is summer and Hashim wants to eat lots of mangoes. But they
(English) are getting spoilt. What can he do?
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