Talk:Thali

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An important aspect of a thali is that it has foods from a 5 taste groups.

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I've eaten in a lot of Indian restaurants, and I've 'never' encountered the "bottom-less" refills / "all-you-can-eat" mentioned in the entry. So at least in my experience this custom is not universal. -- 200.141.105.210 04:58, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, the all-you-can-eat concept does exist.. I've undoubtedly seen it at more than one restaurant. However, it certainly is not universal, and seems to be getting rarer as time progresses. Adityan 06:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It's more common then you would think. Most tourist places tend to surcharge for this but it's more common 'off the beaten track'. marcusbm 20:46, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I have a dim memory that "thali" literally means the round tray on which the items are served. Can anybody confirm or deny this? -- 200.141.105.210 05:00, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, "thali" simply means plate or tray and I was also wondering why there is no mention of a "pooja thali" - the prayer plate the is prepared to bless people when they enter a home, etc. I don't know enough about it to confidently create a section, but at the very least, this article is incomplete.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.88.67 (talk) 22:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It would be helpful to mention this in the article. I was reading a recipe that referred to spreading something on a "thali" and I had no idea what was meant.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:05, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

I had understood that, in Southern India at least, a thali meal was traditionally served on a banana leaf. There's no mention of that custom in the article, possibly because the article defines a thali as being a metal tray on which the meal is served. I have always understood "thali" to refer to a type of meal, in the same way as some kinds of french pâté are named "terrine" after the dish they are cooked in and served from.

I also read somewhere (long ago) that the required components were two curries, a dal, two chutneys, a sweet and a staple (rice or roti). Is that just a degenerate way of referring to the "six flavours" thing?

I can't edit, because I don't have sources and I just have beliefs. But are there other ways to classify the components of a thali meal than "flavours"? And doesn't the banana-leaf thali deserve a mention?

MrDemeanour (talk) 12:26, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

thali/taali
Why is the article for taali included under thali instead of just a redirect to a seperate taali article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.98.22 (talk) 00:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

"One"
The article seems to use the English language way of using "one" as the passive voice too often. Was this written by an Indian? I might try to edit the article to make the English language sound more natural, but keeping the actual meaning intact, but even if I'm going to do that, it'll take some time. J I P | Talk 21:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Rice vs rotis
The article says "However, in South India, rice is the only staple served with thalis." In Bangalore a few years ago I had what my Indian colleagues described as a "very traditional" thali and it was with rotis, not rice. Can anyone clarify? 86.20.66.253 (talk) 17:50, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Whatever you have eaten is a north indian Thali and Rice is the staple food of South,East and North east india. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dineshpkm (talk • contribs) 05:03, 21 February 2019 (UTC)