| As a curry lover, do you want to make your eating | | | | 5. Add more dishes to your plate, including rice. Rice is |
| experience truly authentic? Then you should eat Indian | | | | best mixed with daal, so if there's some, pour a small |
| food with your fingers! It can be tricky at first, but the | | | | amount over the rice. Don't put too much daal on your |
| best way on how you can blend the various types of | | | | rice. This will make your rice sloppy, and you won't be |
| Indian food together and get the most out of their | | | | able to hold it properly. |
| distinctive tastes is by eating with your hands. A | | | | 6. Now here's the tricky part - use all five fingers to |
| beginner will tend to get confused as there are so | | | | combine the rice and viand, then form a ball. |
| many separate dishes in an Indian meal. Are all these | | | | 7. Use your four fingers to act like a spoon, gather the |
| dishes eaten together? | | | | balled dish into the tips of your fingers with the use of |
| Here are some great tips for any curry lover, or | | | | your thumb. |
| anyone who loves Indian food. Try it out! | | | | 8. Use your hand to guide the food in your mouth. Push |
| 1. Wash your hands before you eat. It's the most polite | | | | the food into your mouth with your thumb. |
| and healthy thing to do. Remember to eat with the use | | | | 9. Repeat the same process while mixing a little of the |
| of your right hand only. In India the left hand is | | | | main dish, daal and rice. Try the side dishes too! It is |
| considered to be unclean. | | | | important for you to sample each dish separately so |
| 2. Put a small portion of every main dish on your plate. | | | | that you can appreciate its individual characteristics |
| 3. Tear a small piece of the Indian bread and put it on | | | | more. Side dishes are meant to add more flavor and |
| top of some of the meat or veggies. If some of the | | | | texture to your meals, so have a small portion of each |
| pieces are too big, press down the bread to break | | | | after trying the main dishes. |
| them up or flatten them. | | | | As soon as you're done eating, wait for the others to |
| 4. You can begin eating by picking the food with the | | | | finish and then get up to wash your hands. If you are a |
| bread. Fold the bread with the food inside and pop it in | | | | curry lover or an aficionado of Indian food, you should |
| your mouth. Eat a small portion at a time, until you finish | | | | try this to make your Indian food experience authentic! |
| eating the bread. | | | | |