Navroze

Today is Navroze! This is the Parsi New year..err..ok its kinda confusing. Parsis have two new years. One in March, and one now. Whatever..it was done with the intention of doing debauched things twice a year instead of the normal boring one time of other people.

So anyways, what do we Parsis do on these days? I will tell you:

1. Eat food
2. Eat more food
3. Give away food
4. Wear new clothes
5. Give presents
6. Do the mandatory visit to the fire temple and offer sandlewood and generally socialize

Sounds perfectly normal eh? But its not. The amount of food I ate last night at dinner has made me put on at least 5 kilos. We had:

1. Patra ni Machhi (fish in banana leaves)
2. Pulao Dar (meaty rice with daal)
3. Veg Pulao Dar (same as above without the meat)
4. Corn and mushroom baked dish
5. Sali ma ghosh (mutton gravy with potato wafers)
6. Some crappy veg dish
7. Another crappy veg dish
8. Merangue dessert
9. Chocolates

Tonight will be another of those nights. More food..more drink..more gifts. Aaaah..its good to be a Parsi!!!