thalis

Compartmentalized meal trays

Thalis is the plural of thali, a traditional South Asian meal served on a round metal platter with small bowls containing various dishes—rice, bread, curries, dal, vegetables, chutneys, and pickles.

The arrangement offers variety and balance in a single sitting: The restaurant's lunch thalis are an incredible value.

The word comes from Hindi.

Indian-meal

platter

Large flat serving dish

  • riceStaple cereal grain
  • dalStewed split legumes
  • rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread

chutney · raita · papad · pickle · compartments · vegetarian · Rajasthani · Gujarati · sambar · curd

philosopher

pre-Socratic

Greek thought before dialectics

eclipse · mathematics · theorem · cosmology · Ionian · naturalism · monism · rationalism · deduction · observation

Opposites
meal structure

thalisentrée

Principal dinner course

main course · steak dinner · burger and fries · pasta dish · casserole

dining tradition

thalisà la carte

Separately priced dishes

prix fixe · TV dinner · cafeteria tray

portion philosophy

thalisheap

Jumbled collection of items

Family

thalassemia, thali

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G