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A meal served on a large green banana leaf. On the left is a mound of seasoned rice with curry leaves and small heaps of lentil or dal. In the centre is a rolled, thin flatbread wrap filled with grated carrot and a fruit salad of banana, apple and pomegranate seeds. A crisp white papadum sits at the top, a fried vada lies at the upper left, and two white paper cups hold a milky drink and a pale broth or soup. No people are visible in the frame.

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