I Must Eat A Proper Rice Meal

~ so far, this is the best rice meal I eat, kidney beans cook in thick consistencies serving with hot white rice ~

Day 38

28.3.2024
Thursday

Udaipur, Rajashtan

The attendant of the hostel who is at downstairs has come up to knock my door just now before 5.30 am. He wants to know whether I would go to temple today. When he knocks my door, I open the door very quickly because I am ready to go out anytime. I am excited for the pooja at Jagdish temple at this early wee hour. Before I leave the room, he asks me whether I would want to order any food in advance for eating later at the rooftop or even, in the room.

I tell him very politely, no. I prefer to eat out.

When I arrive at a new place, first things first, after settling with the bags, I will go out to look for food that suits my diet. I will at first look out for rice meal at the street eateries. If there is no street food, I will check out at the menus of the smaller or lower end restaurants for white rice meal. In the area of the hostel here, because it is in the middle of Udaipur, and also a hot tourist spot, I do not find street eateries but there are plenty of rooftop restaurants above the rooms where tourists and visitors live.

Almost all the rooftop restaurants here are exclusively cater for foreign and local tourists running by the lodge owners, and that makes sense they are expensive. Even if there are cheaper rooftop restaurants, the food prices are not backpacker friendly because at any time, I take the price of rice meal as a comparison, it is triple or quadruple the price of white rice meal I pay in the street of Delhi. When I pay for food, I always take the price of the street food in Delhi as a comparison with the food prices elsewhere, and instantly, I will know what is the real consumer price to the common people who are the locals living in that area.

A simple rice meal serving with some dhal or beans costs around Rs180 to Rs250, or RM11 to RM15, which are not far behind the prices of the rice meal selling in the foodcourt of KLCC. The prices of the food here are not genially friendly to the backpackers whom have smaller budget to spend while staying in Udaipur. I assume the prices of the continental or western food are also not cheap. Anyway, I do not eat any food other than the rice meals. Surprisingly, many rooftop restaurants have chinese chowmein and chinese fried rice in their menus.

I would say, the Indian white rice serving with dhal or beans is a healthy diet on top of other choices of food I find in their menus. I do not order fried food because I try my best to avoid it if I can. When I order my rice meal, I always tell the kitchen attendant to cook for me without oil. The food outside from home is very oily. When I order indian rice pulao, or chinese fried rice or chowmein, while I eat, I see thick oil dripping from my spoon. Imagine, at home when we cook a dish of the size of a bowl for everyone of the family, we cook that dish with only a spoon of cooking oil, but the kitchen men cook the rice pulao, fry the rice or chowmein for an order of a plate with a full ladle of oil. I call this, silent killer.

Two days ago, I walked to the bazaar area about a mile away from Jagdish chowk to look out for rice meals. I did not find eateries along the way but I found two AC restaurants attached to their hotels. So, I have no choice but to eat my lunches and dinners back to the rooftop restaurants near the chowk of Jagdish temple.

I have three more days in Udaipur before I leave for Delhi. I have been adjusting my eating time since the day I arrive in Udaipur and it gets earlier. Because I am eating my lunch around 10.30 am to 11.00 am, I have to eat my dinner earlier. Around 3.30 pm to 4..00 pm, I already sit down at the dining table at the rooftop restaurant. While I am still in Udaipur, I eat brown bread for lunch. I eat four to five pieces of bread with some grapes or chiku. I'll wait till later to eat my rice meal for dinner. I have switched from eating two times of rice meals to one rice meal in a day. But, the diet abnormality will reverse to norm once I am back to Delhi on next monday.

There is a reason why I need to eat plenty of white rice in a day. If I eat sufficient amount of white rice, the bowel cleansing in the next morning is natural and easy. White rice may be high in carbs, but it is also rich in fibre. I need the fibre of white rice in my diet to move the faeces through the bowel and out the anus when I am in the toilet every morning. The amount of water I drink and with the fibre I eat, I also release the retention of unwanted energy turning into bowel gas from the lower colon out together with the faeces. When anyone says he or she has a smooth bowel, that should include release of gas retention in the lower abs during the bowel cleansing in the toilet.

It was a serious matter, not a joke when once I had faecal constipation and the bowel movement stopped for several days. I had a bloated lower abs when the colon and rectum were blocked and the gas retention in the lower abs was bad. I can't sit neither sleep comfortably due to the irritation at the cause of constipation.

Every time once after I passed motion, I will cup my hands together thanking god for making my body function as it should be, and being healthy enough to pass motion very naturally. When the faeces and including the unwanted energy are out through the anus, immediately I feel light and good overall my body. I have to thank god for giving me this ability of physical function that this excitation is capable to cause reduction in heart rate and blood pressure, I call it an ecstasy of bodily pleasure.

~ chole chawal, or we call it curry chickpeas serve with white rice ~

~ curd chawal, or a thick soft substance that forms when milk turns sour known as curd, then mix it with the hot white rice, it tastes a little sour and salty after adding some salt in it, it's a healthy rice meal if without sprinkling on top of the rice with the chilli oil ~

~ lemon rice at new delhi railway station ~

~ tomato rice at new delhi railway station ~

~ subji chawal, or mixed vegetable rice ~

~ aloo chawal, potatoes cut in small pieces, cook in turmeric gravy ~

~ an ordinary rice meal I eat in paharganj ~

~ this plate of serving looks complete, but the drawback is the small portion of white rice, i need more rice than giving me four pieces of chapati, this is in udaipur for Rs180 ~