‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ might just be the main mantra of the Indian parent’s handbook, no? Which kid wasn’t raised with sermons on how one must eat apples for health? It’s a good thing that this biblical fruit is juicy, tasty and fulfilling or else we’d really have a bone to pick with our parents. Growing up we had a family joke, that no matter what time of the day you tell mom you’re hungry she has a standard response, ‘apple khaa lo’. In fact we reached a point where we would ask her just for this automated response and then giggle away to glory. In our household, apples were not just the breakfast fruit, however, because we made warm apple pies and trifle pudding with apple pieces regularly. The unsung hero of fruits, it truly was versatile and is the family’s go-to snack option to this day!