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  “VERILY VERALU” – By Des Kelly What an absolutely amazing World this is. Immediately brings to mind, the old “Veralu-achcharu” woman, seated just outside the main gate of St.Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, selling little parcels of her delicious achcharu to us schoolboys, both, at the morning tea interval and lunch interval, a snack that was always welcome, at about 20 cents a serve, if I remember it correctly. Each  achcharu pack contained about three veralus, less the large seed, of course, amalgamated in a spicy mix of other little berries, ginger & garlic, ground into a small, thick mixture that got the taste-buds going, like nothing else could.  If you are Sri Lankan, and have not tried Veralu-achcharu, you have missed out on a delicacy too good to be true.            Now, from the old, to the new,, comes this very interesting piece on the Veralu ...