South Indian Vegetarian Thali and Sweets
In South Indian vegetarian cuisine, a Thali is a platter/set meal of many dishes served in small containers. Here you see a SuperThali of 17 dishes that I ate with my rice. In addition to my portion of rice served on a Banana leaf, the SuperThali meal also served a Papadum ( Lentil Cracker) and a Paratha ( whole Wheat flatbread. The contents of all the small containers include: Beetroot , Chickpea curry, Lentils, Tomato Soup, Tamarind juice, Egg Plant, Yoghurt, Sambar of dried Red Chili, Potato,Green Pea, Wheat Flour dumplings. The SuperThali meal was accompanied by a Mango Lassi drink, and ended with a serving of serveral colourful Indian sweets that you can see below: