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A photo of a meal laid out on a large green banana leaf placed on a light floor. On the left are folded flatbreads wrapped in white cloth and a stack of thin pappadums. A deep-fried vada sits at the top centre beside a mound of shredded orange carrot salad. Cooked rice with small lentils is piled in the lower centre, with brown sweet mounds beside it, and chopped pieces in red sauce sit at the upper right. Three white paper cups of liquid stand along the top edge. The leaf is set on a woven mat with blue trim at the bottom edge. No people are visible.

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