Imagine transferring water from one lack to the other without any vessel or any other equipment. Eating in a mallu wedding is as simple as that. Try having paisam(like gujju kheer) and rasam(boiled water with added spices)without a spoon. These are some of the experiences I got after attending the first mallu wedding on 6th June, 2010.
The wedding venue was in the outskirt of Bellary district (7 hrs drive from Bangalore).
An arrangement was made to cool the 40+deg temperature by the series of fans running just because they were switched ON and were supposed to run. The couple was bombarded with about tons of rice. The only funny part of the marriage was throwing the handful of rice towards the stage (which ultimately showered on respectable elderly front seaters).
Lunch started by noon and was in typical pangat style(series of tables and chairs arranged for dinning).We were waiting for banana leafs but fortunately got the paper plates soon filled by spicy coconut curry(chutney) and pumpkin syrup(none of us touched it till the end!).We then were served with Mysore pak and Jalebi(The only things liked by my gujju stomach).Then remaining place in the plate was filled ENTIRELY by rice. If you are the person who avoids the white rice, don’t worry. For a change you can get yellow rice. Whatever choice you make, you are complimented by Sambar.
The person sitting next to me was a typical local south Indian man. The consumption of rice by that man in a day would be equivalent to a weekly rice appetite of an average young gujju bhai. We were shown lunch finishing flag by the entry of bundi ladoos.It looked like the rice loving society had kidnapped the Punjabi hot seller Roti-Sabji combination. And that’s the reason why a Punjabi man would strive for food in the lower part of Indian geography.
Anyways, such experiences are life long memories and are useful for understanding the diversity of India. In future, in case you get a chance to attend such an event, don’t miss to go for the Rice plate.
nice one sehul!...so bellary is givin u diff kinda experiences too
ReplyDeletedude.. Hilarious one.. no doubt .. its so typically u.. But after reading it I have no doubt that " U did not attend a Mallu wedding but some other south Indian wedding"..Some of the items you mentioned here are never served in our wedding... Clearly for you all south Indian states are one :)
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