Food for Thought

Spicy, Sweet, and everything Good A complete meal! Including the several pieces of mango on the side.

All the variety of food we get on a daily basis at the Tagore International Hostel

Lassi Faluda is a party in your mouth of pistachio ice cream, sugar, bubbles, rose water, vanilla milk, and gummies

Thali at Jaipur Cultural Heritage Village (Thali is like a curry buffet)

TEA Time! Chai or Masala Tea is a daily must and can be enjoyed at any time.

Chai. It is easily the best mixture of spicy, sweet, and strong tea in a little china cup that never seems to fill you up, even after maybe 3 servings. It is also my newest addiction. I am certain I will have to obtain some and learn how to make it the “masala” way before returning to the states.

But you can’t have tea time without having your main courses first. The food here is one of the richest and most enjoyable things I have come to love about India. Each day there are three servings, unless we go out on an excursion, in which case there are meals at local hip restaurants boasting of the best kababs in the region. Kababs and chicken tikka are some of my favorites, but I have also sampled chicken biryani, cauliflower curry, dahl (yellow lentil curry), mango pickle, spicy salad, naan, roti, rice, yellow rice, and a plethora more dishes. The variety seems endless.

Sweet tooth that I am, the best part is yet to come after the meal. The desert! Sometimes this includes authentic indian deserts such as rasmalai, hulva, or other custard and porridge sweets. Other times it is the softest, light as a cloud, sweetest ice cream I have ever tasted, in the flavors of mango, butterscotch, and vanilla. I could eat butterscotch icecream at all times, anytime. In the mornings, we usually get power shakes to boost our energy which include a mixture of either watermelon or pomegranate and raspberry. My breakfasts are no longer granola bars, they are full fledged meals boasting of toast with jam or butter, eggs, oatmeal, cereal, idleys (sponge cakes), pancakes, omelet, dosa (crispy pancakes), and chai.