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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:28
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Your Indian comfort food
Hi guys, did anyone have a favourite pre packaged safe food. Something you could buy packaged nearly India wide which would substitute a light meal in the absence of anything else or when you're sick or weak. Something like a muesli bar. Any recommendations?
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:33
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Packaging food is OK in India but packaged meal is not Indian ethos.
All the pre-packaged Indian food that comes to my mind is sugar/carbo/fat rich!
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:34
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Muesli bars are actually loaded with sugar (in some cases more than chocolate), but at least you know they're safe when you're feeling tender...
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:34
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like 50:50 bisquits...
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:35
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If you want it safe...buy some bananas
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:37
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Yep. Bananas are on the agenda. Pringles have been saviours in other countries, as well, when I've been sick.
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:51
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Marie biscuits if u like them. My mum got problems with sugar levels...she carries them all the time.
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:52
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when feeling sick - crisps and Coke/Pepsi used to be my cure
 Nowadays I stay with the healthier option...bananas Quote:
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Nov 10th, 2006, 19:53
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I think coke (flat) actually IS good for you when you're sick. Potassium???
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Nov 10th, 2006, 22:02
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flat fizzy drinks are the next best thing to proper rehydration salts if you can't get them. Coke would be my last choice ---but then I never did like the stuff, anyway!
Good things when you can't face anything else: Idly --- very, very bland, although served with a veg 'curry' (samba) Curd rice --- a great stomach settler. Usually eaten with salt and strong pickles, I suggest the 'baby' version for a bad tummy: eat with some sugar or a mashed banana. My favourite Indian comfort food: Payasam My favourite comfort food in India: fried eggs and chips (a lifetime's history!)
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Nov 10th, 2006, 22:31
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Papaya and curd. Both are great for comfort and are good medicinally if your stomach is wrong. Buy a clay pot of curd; find the market, buy a papya; cut papaya in half, scoop out seeds, fill both hollowed halves with curd.
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Nov 11th, 2006, 00:04
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Nothing calms me down like a good...........
Idly.
Some say you, the noble idly, is bland.  Great to have in the morning when you're feel'n good or bad. Travel well in your purse. OK...may-be just for a couple of hours. Wish I could make them here, but have tried and FAILED miserably. A mixed dried packaged thing + water = batter poured into an aluminum mold, then steamed. They were like rubber matzo balls, slightly tangier.  |
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Nov 11th, 2006, 00:38
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I like mashed potatoes when I'm not well. They don't come in a package though, at least not in India. Served with peppermint tea I find them the perfect cure for almost any ailment.
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Nov 11th, 2006, 00:55
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coconut biscuits
Mango Frooti Haldiram's Navratan namkeen mix
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