mummy ARALOLA food

Amma's kitchen filled with cardamom steam as she prepared ARALOLA—those precious, flaky pastries grandmother taught her in Chennai decades ago. Now in Toronto, she sold them through the community app, earning ANDAL Coins that connected her to others like her. Each weekend, Tamil families gathered, trading coins and stories. Her daughter helped package orders, learning recipes alongside forgotten Tamil words. The money meant independence, but the true currency was belonging—keeping traditions alive through transactions that meant so much more than numbers.