India Facts (3): Eating in Indian Style (FPFS Challenge)

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In India, you will find most people eat with their right hand as compared to people in west who mostly use fork & knife.  In the southern part of India, many people use as much of hand as is necessary, while elsewhere they use the tips of the fingers. The left hand is reserved for unsanitary actions such as removing shoes.  Whether eating Chapati’s (flat bread) or rice, people generally use their hands to cut the pieces or mixing the stuff. While in urban & metro cities, way of eating is different as people generally use cutlery while eating, however many people of conventional thinking (& those in rural areas) prefer to have it in their own ways of eating with their hands instead using spoon.

Here is the way to eat in Indian style: Mix with food with your fingers. If you having dhal and sabzi (vegetables), only mix the daal into your rice and have the sabzi in small scoops with each mouthful.  If you are having fish or meat curry, mix the gravy into your rice and take the flesh off the bones from the side of your plate.  Scoop up lumps of the mix and with your knuckles facing the dish, your thumb to shovel the food into your mouth.

Have you also tried this way of eating? Don’t be shy, please share your experience J

Hope you liked it. This was 3rd installment in Facts of India Series.

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I have been tagged by one of my best blogger friend, Shweta Dave to take part in Five photos Five stories Challenge (FPFS) which is- Post a picture for 5 consecutive days and attach a post to it , fiction, poem or short write-up or anything to suit your taste. I thank Shweta for this challenge. I accept it.

I am tagging my dear blogger friend Abhijit Bangal on Day Three and as a part of the challenge, I will tag a new person on Day Four.