Star Fruit Chutney

In early rainy season in Bangladesh, the sky is liable to darken suddenly with a huge cloud, then let loose a deluge. People take shelter, or else walk on in the downpour, getting soaked through. Muddy-brown streams of water flow along the edges of the road. Once the rain stops, the sun reappears, and soon a mist starts rising off the wet pavement.

A couple of years ago, I was caught in one such downpour at a local market in the capital, Dhaka. Once it stopped, I began to pick my wa