Correct protocol for eating Indian food.

[damocles]

Usually when i order Indian food i usually get served a large plate of rice, and 2-3 bowls containing meat, sauces and or/vegetables. Anyone know the proper way to eat this groovy food? (ie dumping it all out on the rice or as needed, mix it up or don't mix etc)

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[The Stigenator]

I might be indian, but I dont know.. there is no wrong way to eat indian food.

what ever way you feel like eating do so..

 

[damocles]

Yeh, i usually just tuck in. But it would be nice to know the 'right' way.

Also are fingers used at all?

 

[ElFenix]

i think you dump sauce on rice, mix with one hand, then eat with that same one hand. don't dirty the other up or something. that may be the traditional peasant method. dunno about royalty method... the fork and knife were invented not too far from there...

 

[AUMM]

i think most people use their hands, well at least at home

 

[JohnnyKnoxville]

I believe the proper way is with chopsticks

 

[Panakk]

well i am indian.. i use my right hand.. don't ever use your left hand even if you're left handed. don't get your palm dirty. just use the first inch of each finger.. i normally just dum everything on the rice and eat.. everything goes well with plain yogurt.. yumm... i am hungry.

 

[Soujiro]

Yoo, I'm NDN, and they pretty much got it right. You eat ONLY using your right hand, drink with your left. This is cultural thing that stems back to the olden days. The thing is that indians used to wipe their a$$ with their left hands, so they only eat with their right hands to keep their food clean. It's an ancient mentality that became a cultural tradition.

In regards to how you eat the food, you generally mix any sauce w/meat /vegetables you got with rice first, then eat. With nand and uppa and such you break off pieces (remember, with your right hand only...kinda tricky at first), and then grab meat (like a piece of tandoori chicken) and such with each small piece. For more complicated dishes like idly somber you used a spoon.

But if you're at a restaraunt and don't feel like getting your hands dirty, just do whatever you feel like. Nobody's gonna hit you or anything. Even at my house I eat with utensils most of the time cause it's cleaner. In college, I eat everything with chopsticks cause they're cheaper than plastic spoons/forks.

That's pretty much the gist of it. Have fun eating yo.

Soujir0😀

 

[Emulex]

I supposed if i didn't use toilet paper and wiped my arse with my hand i'd probably never eat with that hand either 🙂

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Usually you are supposed to use your right hand. I'm left handed and I do use my left hand. If people ask me about it, I just say it's more confortable. But try to use only one hand when eating.