Daal roti, Anda Chawal

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Re: Daal roti, Anda Chawal

@muqawwee123

Recently someone asked me on GS ’ aap log roti ke sath daal khate ho?'. I was like iss main konsi nai baat hai.. sabhi khate hain.

Apparently, in some communities daal is eaten with rice only. Mughal emperor Babar was also surprised to see Indians eating rice with daal and he wrote in his autobiography ‘Tuzk e Babri’ that these Indians consume grain with grain

Another incident I remember from childhood is when we visit family friends in another town and one of the girl in their family ate omelet with rice. We all were seeing this as egg with rice was not popular in Sindhi community and now egg fried rice are getting popularity very rapidly.

Have you tried roti with daal? Any combination that looked weird to you at some point of time, but consequently you became used to it?

In the south, daal is often eaten with rice not roti. Daal with Roti for us makes for a very bland and unexciting fare and a rather strange combo. We prefer some nice spicy curries with our rotis Rice on the other hand is eaten with various types of daals- tomato daal, palak daal, methi daal etc