Mm, Momo or Mhm? It has yet to be universally discovered. This question must have given even the culinary expert a headache. Because mum has no literal meaning. Its origin story is not so surprising.
After all, this is a khanki with a combination of meat and flour. Is the previous letter of both of these taken out and made ‘mum’? It is said that once upon a time Newar traders from Kathmandu used to come to Tibet. Dice have tasted ‘mohamo’ in the bitter cold of Tibet. After tasting it, he returned home and practiced making ‘Mohamo’ in his oven.
In the same initiative, Tibetan Mohamo partially changed its appearance and became ‘Mahmacha’. Later, machacha became a laboratory in itself and was presented in many flavors. In this way mum was invented gradually.
Let’s keep this thing aside for a moment. Instead, let’s go to the auditorium of Nepal Pragya Pratishthan at Kamaladi to listen to ‘Mam Purana’. Honorable Mom Minister Hari Bahadur Nepali has attended to inaugurate the ‘Upadhyay Bosorahit Mom Center’. Today, he is presenting new revelations and claims regarding Mom. So, let’s interview the honorable about the socio-science of Nepali’s most beloved snack.
Hon’ble Minister Mr. Hari Bahadur Nepali is giving his speech in a vigorous manner. This is the gist of the speech of the Hon.
‘Think for a moment, what would have happened to us if Mom was not there? We were probably starving. We were starving. The country would declare a ‘famine crisis’. Because we cannot live without mom.
There are not only those who eat cups of hot tea bought by their friends, but there are also many people who eat tea with their own investment. There are also people who eat bonuses during banquets, meetings and ceremonies. However, mum is benefiting not only those who eat mum but also those who don’t.
It has benefited everyone from stomach and liver disease specialists to police, animal quarantine staff, maida and ajinomoto traders. Where should the sick and old buffaloes be kept if there is no origin of this thing which is covered with flour? Where to take the skin, tail and neck of the boiler chicken? To whom should we sell the spoiled lamb and chicken? What to mix Janwar fat?
Truly the majesty of Mamma is unparalleled.
There is no such street, where there is no mum shop. After walking every four steps, you will find Mum Dokan. Millions of dollars worth of mums are sold there every day. Thousands of workers are employed to make machines. From this point of view, from averting hunger in the country to solving the growing unemployment problem, MAM’s contribution has been incomparable, irreplaceable and unique.
Mom is also from Tal-Tal. Some non-fat mom, some other fat-free mom. Some bitter mum, some sour mum. Some are Darjeeling mum, some are cooked in fire, some are dried mum. Steam, fried, chili, open mum. Latosozho can’t even ‘order’ by looking at the menu.
How much Nepali people have been obsessed with mums, even if they have to gather at home, they start saying ‘mums should be made’. At the restaurant, after studying the menu for 25 minutes, I finally order. Even when they go to weddings and parties, they line up in front of my stall. Be it shopping or office, when you feel hungry, you start to miss mom.
Mom is no longer just a dish. From enticing the Chhetri-Bahun with the taste of buffalo to covering the rotten-spoiled food and making it delicious, he became the mastermind.
Because of me, it has gone from hotel to hospital. From Ayurvedic dispensaries that make gastric-ulcer medicine to expensive hospitals, they are packed. In this way, I strongly demand that Nepal should be declared as a nation of MAM, keeping in mind the MAM that covers every level and every corner of the state.
Let’s talk about the bitter side of the tasty mom.
Our relations with India are strained because of the heat. When India demanded the return of Lipulekh and Kalapani, which were encroached upon by India, they demanded the return of crores of rupees from us. They plowed all their lives, drank milk and dragged the old and sick ones to the truck and made them travel for four or five days. We made mum and ate it. Now how to return the buffalo?
It is not that he did not think that those buffaloes can be returned from Yamalok. He did not even discuss with Yamraj. He has already asked to send a negotiation team. However, for that, they have set a condition that they should send a minister who has never committed corruption, who has never lied. Where are such leaders or ministers found?
I am afraid that if I go myself, Yamaraj will keep me there again. What if he kept me in hot oil?
Note: This is a material based on a farce of the ‘Mah Jatra’ held at the Nepal Pragya Pratishthan in Kamaladi. Although the basic theme is the same, the presentation of Mah Jatra is different.
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Popular comedy duo Madankrishna Shrestha and Harivansh Acharya’s ‘Mah Jatra’ is making the waiting room of Pragya Pratishthan hum. After a decade, this couple returned to the stage together.
The Mahajatra started from last Thursday and will continue till the 18th of November. In support of Meera Foundation and Manav Seva Ashram, chotila rasila farhas like Yamlok, Gantho, Dhumkuti Pakdum Bhajan are being presented in the Mahajatra. Along with Mah, the performances of Kiran KC, Rajaram Paudyal, Shivahari Paudyal, Yaman Shrestha and others make the audience laugh out loud.
