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Craving a Bohri meal? Head to The Tha’l Co in Bandra

Here, eating with your fingers is encouraged and instead of finger bowls, a waiter does the rounds with an ornate chilamchi lota (a jug and basin) of water at the beginning and end of the meal.

Tradition demands that a Bohri meal be laid out on a thaal (large plate) and shared with a group. Mumbai based restaurateur Avinash Bhatia learned this early in life some of his best friends in school belonged to the

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