As members of the Catholic community get ready to celebrate Easter this Sunday, many will look forward to eating delicious Easter eggs. Mumbaikars who love making the sweet marzipan treats, dive into the tradition of making the eggs with their mothers and aunties, and how they are continuing it with different designs and variations today
This year, Mumbaikars and members from the Catholic community around the world will celebrate Easter on March 31. Photo Courtesy: Tamara Dlima/Alefiya Jane
- Every year, members of the Catholic community celebrate Easter Sunday
- It marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, after Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
- It comes after they observe Lent, which is a period of fasting, for 40 days
Growing up in Chembur, Lourdes Kanthirao remembers how she used to get the opportunity to gorge on Easter eggs every Easter Sunday when her aunty used to make them and get it for her family. She shares, “My grandmother used to make hand-breads and sweets. So, her children learned from her. My mother used to make the savoury dishes, but my aunty, who used to live in the vicinity, used to make the sweets for Christmas and Easter, and making Easter eggs was one of them.” As Kanthirao got older, she and her cousins would sit around the table and join her aunty to make Easter eggs for the day. “We used to start working on them by Maundy Thursday and they would be ready by Sunday. If we had to start any earlier, they would be all over by the time it was Easter,” she laughs.
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