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Adventures in Indian Food

Lorre Weidlich - Hyde Park Foreign Affairs Desk
Like everyone else in America, I had been to Indian restaurants and had an idea of what Indian food was all about--tandoori chicken, dahl makhani, and raita. I liked it and thought I could happily live on it for two years. I rapidly discovered that, with food, as with everything else, the reality differed greatly from the stereotype.
    The food that most US Indian restaurants serve is from a particular part of India. Sometimes referred to as North Indian, it's from Punjab-an area in the northwest part of the Indian subcontinent, divided between

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India and Pakistan. The food in South India, where I live, is different, and even within South India, food varies considerably. Typical breakfast foods here include masala dosa (thin pancakes filled with a mixture of sauted potatoes, onions, and spices) and idlis (bland white steamed cakes served with a spicy chutney made largely of coriander, which we know as celantro). Other meals include sambar or rasam (both are broth with vegetables, sambar is thicker because it also includes dhal, or lentils); several vegetable, meat, or paneer (a type of cheese) dishes cooked with spices, either dry or with sauce; roti (a generic word for any flat, round bread including naan, chappatis, and pooris); and the ubiquitous rice and curd (yogurt). Sweets are much loved and extremely varied. I'm avoiding the word "curry" because everyone has a different idea of what a "curry" is, and the word isn't used as loosely as it is among Americans.
    Where I work, there is a cafeteria on each floor and the food is catered. For the grand sum of rs.200 per month (that's approximately $4.00), we are provided with lunch. Here the food is vegetarian, but contrary to my expectations, I've encountered just as many non-vegetarians as vegetarians. Unfortunately, one thing I've discovered in my search for the universal principles of mankind: cafeteria food, wherever you find it, isn't very good.
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