Food from India...I'll never write for National Geographic....

I order fruit salad...it came with little gummy bites...very sweet 

menu at an ice cream parlor

These were all offered served with Ice Cream...tomato juice and ice cream ? 

sold by the slice, it was VERY inexpensive

Dinner at the wedding reception

This is a very interesting fruit...a jack fruit ,it has huge seeds inside...that you of course do not eat.  

This is the fruit growing on this tree...its enormous...

giant crepes filled with Indian spices, a banana and mangos

watching the cook make these crepes...

a banana leaf cleaned and ready to be eaten  on...

some of the wonderful food served at the wedding...all of these were quite sweet

So, people have asked me about the food there.  You eat Indian Food for all three meals. So, everything is well proportioned and you have vegetables, carbs and sweets. I have to admit that being addicted to cereal in the morning eating spicy food and rice was quite the change. It was all very good and I don't believe we ever ate the same dish twice. Men would walk by with large buckets and serve us food on to banana leaves which we cleaned ourselves. We ate only with our right hand. Grab the food with your fingers and use one finger to push the rest of the food in. There were many times when my friends would say " Gretchen, would you like a spoon".....when they offered it over and over again...well, I can take a hint. People use metal dishes and cups because they feel its more clean and contains minerals so it's better for you. Also, we used bamboo paper plates which I really liked. What else ? Well, I think that the portions that were was given were just right because I was never hungry until the next meal. Also, I skipped dinner quite a bit because I was so full. I should have stayed and would lost weight !!