Tantrum Zone: Indian food vs Non-Indian Food.

 Getting Dinner on the table is such a production in our family.

"What do you want for dinner?"the question that is asked just about everyday, sometimes around 5-6 times just to get a satisfactory answer from the rest of the family.

I get some very interesting responses. Desi dad almost always says, "whatever you want, as long as it is Indian", and the kids chime in...." Sparky: "aarrggh,no.........NOT Indian food!!!!!, or "you made daal-bhaat yesterday, no fair, I'm not having it AGAIN!!!!!!!!",  or Spunky: " oh man...that's four days in a row of Indian food, momma" they say and proceed to flop down with their heads on the table or say something incoherent in French.(the kids go to a French Immersion program at school).
Kids are so dramatic. I am at a loss sometimes, but very rarely do I give in and make something different for the kids. I just don't want to make it a habit. They grumble, complain that the daal is too spicy, the curries are too red ( tomato sauce! hello!), the rotis don't have enough butter on them and on and on, but desi dad and I refuse to give in, and they sit there, making faces much like Calvin in the cartoon and mumbling in French " oh mon dieu.." and such, ALL WHILE eating their dinner. I hate doing it, but I guess I am trying to teach them to be appreciative of what's put before them. I try new things, and some of them are either a hit or a miss-(they love chhole-bhature though, or fat rotlis as they call them!).

Now, if I serve quesadillas, pasta or any other non-Indian items.....they gobble it up without so much a tweet out of both of them.Dinner is inhaled and done with in under 15 minutes and they're out the door. Wow.

Does this sound familiar in your household?

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