How urban middle-class India eats at home
5 years, 11 months ago

How urban middle-class India eats at home

Hindustan Times  

The apple hasn’t fallen too far from the tree. “Our parents might have had anything random for breakfast such as poha, omelette-bread, jalebi and milk, or all three, but now people, even as they continue their family’s food habits, know what is the fat, fibre and protein component in every meal.what protein to have or not to have at breakfast, what to have after a walk or workout,” says Mundhra. “The trend of making fresh tea-time snacks centred around the office-going partner’s return home around the ’70s is gone”, says Ishi Khosla. “Bengali homes anyway have a tradition of planning dinner even while they are digesting their breakfast, and guess we’ve passed this to our kids,” says Amrita. Sometimes a colleague brings home-cooked food and I get a share.” He’s thought of hiring a cook but says having one person cook all his meals would mean they “would taste too similar.

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