A steel bowl of vegetarian meal served from above. Yellow turmeric rice with curry leaves sits upper left, a pale pink-tinged raita with grated carrot to the right, and cubes of golden fried paneer or tofu with curry leaves and cumin seeds on the lower right, alongside diced potato sautéed with mustard seeds. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A steel bowl of vegetarian meal served from above. Yellow turmeric rice with curry leaves sits upper left, a pale pink-tinged raita with grated carrot to the right, and cubes of golden fried paneer or tofu with curry leaves and cumin seeds on the lower right, alongside diced potato sautéed with mustard seeds. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible.

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