What's in Your Tiffin? [a.k.a. A Week's Worth of Lunch]
on Richard Johnson (India), 23/Jan/2011 08:44, 34 days ago
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Lunch time istiffintime--the lovable, stackable, put-it-on-your-headablelunch pail of India. Everyday at work around two it's waiting for me in the canteen.PREM's kitchen staff keeps me well fed, sometimes a little too well. Here's a pretty typical week.Monday:Roti, rice, potato-garbanzo curry, mixed-veg curry, dhal, cabbage curry, omelette.Tuesday:Roti, fish curry, rice, aubergine curry, fried green beans& potatoes, dhal.Wednesday:Roti, rice, onion omelette, fried beans& potatoes, bitter gourd& potato curry.Thursday:Potato-aubergine curry, green bean curry, dhal, rice, omelette, roti.Friday:Roti, tomato-gourd curry, omelette, dhal, green beans, rice.Saturday:Peanut butter! By the spoonful. A man doesn't live by curry alone.Sunday: Out on the street for some mutton kebabs. Tomorrow is another tiffin.
