Indian food customs: why eat only with the right hand? (Photos)

Because in India people think that the right hand is clean and the left hand is dirty. This is related to another habit of the Indian people. Indians after the toilet, do not use handkerchiefs to wipe, but rinse with water, rinse, with the left hand, not the right hand.

In the restaurant or Indian home dinner, when almost finished eating, the host will often give each person on a small bowl of warm water, with a piece of lemon floating on top, this water can never drink, it is used to wash their hands. At the end of the meal, a plate of green wheat-like spices would also be served for everyone to chew on to get rid of the bad taste in their mouths.

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The Indian way of eating still retains certain traditional customs. Although in more formal occasions people eat with forks and spoons, at home it is much more enjoyable to grab with the hands: a large plate is placed in front of each person, rice is served, vegetables and soup are poured over it, and then mixed slightly with the hands, kneaded into a ball, and grasped and brought to the mouth.

In street food stalls and snack bars, as well as in temples, people usually use a kind of dried leaves pressed into a plate to hold their food, and some restaurants give each diner a fresh, large leaf to hold rice and other food, which is environmentally friendly.

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