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n. 1 A round metal platter used to serve food in India. 2 A meal served on such a platter, typically comprising a selection of different dishes presented in small bowls.
Wikipedia
Thali ( Hindi/ Nepali: , Tamil: தட்டு; meaning "plate") is an Indian, Bengali and Nepalese meal made up of a selection of various dishes. It simply means a round platter used to serve food. The idea behind a Thali is to offer all the 6 different flavors of sweet, salt, bitter, sour, astringent and spicy on one single plate (although the latter two flavors are actually forms of chemesthesis). According to Indian food serving customs, a proper meal should be a perfect balance of all these 6 flavors. A fruit is often served at the end of meal.
Dishes served in a Thali vary from region to region in South Asia and are usually served in small bowls, called katori. These 'katoris' are placed along the borders of the round tray - the actual thali; even a steel tray with multiple compartments is used. Typical dishes include rice, dal, vegetables, roti, papad, curd ( yoghurt), small amounts of chutney or pickle, and a sweet dish to top it off. Rice or Roti is the usual main dish which occupies the central portion of the Thali, while the side dishes like vegetable curries and other aforementioned delicacies are lined circularly along the round Thali.
Restaurants typically offer a choice of vegetarian or meat-based thalis. Vegetarian thalis are very typical and commonplace in Tamil Nadu canteens (and South India in general), and is a popular lunch choice.
Depending on the restaurant or the region, the thali consists of delicacies native to that region. In general, a thali begins with different types of breads such as puris or chapatis ( rotis) and different vegetarian specialities (curries). However, in South India, rice is the only staple served with thalis.
In some restaurants, a thali may include "bottomless" refills on all components of food, the idea being that one eats until fully satisfied; such thalis are referred to as "unlimited" thalis. In some places the term means that everything on the plate, except a few items, like the sweet dish or dahi vada, is open to unlimited helpings.
Thalis are sometimes referred to by the regional characteristic of the dishes they contain. For example, one may encounter Nepalese thali, Rajasthani thali, Gujarati thali and Maharashtrian thali. In many parts of India and Nepal, the bread and the rice portions are not served together in the thali. Typically, the bread is offered first with rice being served afterwards, often in a separate bowl or dish.
Thaali can also refer to a metal plate that thali may be served on.
The thali is a percussion instrument of the family of idiophones used in Indian folk music. It is a round, flat metal platter used in cuisine that is beaten with a stick if it is held with the other hand, or beaten with two sticks if it is placed on the floor or on a stand. The thali frequently accompanies the dhol or maddal drum in various dances.
Usage examples of "thali".
He turned with a rustling of his silk dhoti to see Kausalya, a pooja thali in her hands, standing in the doorway of her own bedchamber.
Kaikeyi started, as if fearing that Kausalya was about to attack her with the thali, and raised a hand protectively.
She set the thali down on the raised wooden lectern, gently extinguishing the diyas.
Their mother was waiting for them, the aarti thali beside her, ready for the Holi morning ritual.
Kaikeyi started, as if fearing that Kausalya was about to attack her with the thali, and raised a hand protectively.
And Thalis, I’d take it kindly if you’d furnish us with a bit of food and drink.
The instant the Cimmerian’s back was turned, Thalis, with a pantherish quickness almost incredible, clapped her hand over Natala’s mouth, stifling the cry she tried to give.
A section of the wall swung inward, and through a slit that opened in the tapestry Thalis slid with her captive, just as Conan wheeled back.
With a lithe strength she would not have believed possible in a woman, Thalis picked her up and carried her down the black corridor as if she had been a child.
Evidently whatever fear Thalis felt of this black corridor was submerged in her anger.
This Thalis had rubbed, and now she stood bathed in its reddish glow: a light different from that which the others had emitted.
As in a nightmare Natala felt her tunic being stripped from her, and the next instant Thalis had jerked up her wrists and bound them to the ring, where she hung, naked as the day she was born, her feet barely touching the floor.
Twisting her head, Natala saw Thalis unhook a jewel-handled whip from where it hung on the wall, near the ring.
Natala believed it to be the elixir described by Thalis, which lent vigor and vitality to the degenerate Xuthal.