In India, food cooked at home with care and love is considered to deliver not only healthy (and relatively cheap) food but also divine contentment.

Lunch is usually eaten thali-style, with a tantalising selection of regional delicacies that may include any combination of spicy vegetables, dhal, rice, yoghurt, pickles, bread and pudding served on a big steel plate or a banana leaf.

The separate compartments in the tiffin lunchbox accommodate thali lunches perfectly.