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This is a typical cafeteria lunch here. I actually took this photo a few months ago during a previous trip; since then there’s a new caterer for this building. They have round trays instead of rectangular ones, and they have added a non-vegetarian option.

The way the cafeteria works, there aren’t really choices of what to get. I generally bring a protein bar with me to have with lunch, as otherwise it’s hard to maintain an adequate protein intake to support my training routine. If you look at the tray, you’ll see white rice, brown rice, lentils, flat wheat bread, a chick pea/spinach/carrot curry, some fried rice puff thing, and some onions. There’s also some sambar on the rice, which is more or less vegetable broth.

The cafeteria lunch here usually has some milk curd which would provide some protein. I tend to skip milk products and fresh produce, though, since I’m not in country long enough to acclimate to the local microflora and fauna. Even the milk at the hotel has odd lumps floating around in it from time to time. The concept of “skim milk” is a little alien here.
So, without the milk or yogurt component of the lunch, I’m pretty much left with carbohydrates, carbohydrates, fat, and whatever proteins can be coaxed out of the combination of legumes + rice.

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