Stepping off the edge

We’ve had mouth watering food on the trip!

A buffet breakfast is pretty standard and usually includes mango juice, Masala Chai, potato parantha – a fried flat bread stuffed with potato that you dip in yoghurt – and a masala omelet made with vegetables and spices and fruit including banana and papaya. All very tasty! The waiter taught us how to dip the bread in the yogurt, with your right hand only, the left hand is seen as unclean. Using hands only to eat is common here.

We’ve eaten many a dosa, a South Indian, crepe like bread which comes with tasty sauces and can be stuffed with potatoes and vegetables.

Meals are served mild unless you request medium or “Indian hot”. We like spicy food so had no difficulty with the heat! They cook with fresh spices in all dishes – most common spices are: green cardamom, mustard seed, cumin, turmeric, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, fenugreek, saffron, mango powder and coriander. You can taste the depth of flavour in each dish.

Some of the places we visited didn’t serve alcohol or meat due to the religion, namely Rishikesh, which is Hindu.