I'll be honest for years I thought makhana was just "that thing my mom puts in kheer during festivals." It sat in a corner of our kitchen shelf, mostly ignored, until one evening I got bored, roasted a handful in ghee with some salt, and... that was it. I was hooked. That one lazy experiment is basically why phool makhana now shows up in my snack rotation more than chips do. If you... https://patlanifoods.in/phool-makhana/