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Many Indian rice dishes contain vegetables. The tomato is a favorite.
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Supplies include a powerful gas stove, cooking vessels, large blender, transport vessels, and ladles.

The cook at work.

One-pot cooking. One very large stirring device.
The finished tomato rice is scooped into transport/serving vessel.leper colony
Taste test.
Food is carried to a rickshaw, used to transport the meal. leper colony

Lunch time is 1pm. Everyone eagerly awaits the arrival of the food. In India, "food is god."leper colony

The government-run leper colony suffers from neglect. A doctor visits "occasionally."
India has one of the largest leper populations in the world, exacerbated by inadequate education and the disease's social stigma.leper colony
 
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