One of the lessons you quickly learn in India is to use your right hand for pretty much most things. The theory goes something like the left hand is dirty because it’s associated with cleaning activities that would leave it… rather unhygienic.
When you eat Indian food with your hands (it’s a very common thing), you start to learn the art of tearing bread with only your right hand, and eventually learn how to eat rice with that same hand. Tearing bread so far seems quite easy but I haven’t had much opportunity to practice eating rice as yet. Mmmm… all those fresh naan, roti and paratha breads.
From what I gather, I think the trick is to sweep some rice together with your fingertips on the plate/banana leaf, try and get it together in a ball shape, get that onto your fingers, then put your fingertips to the edge of your mouth, and shovel it in with your thumb. Hope that makes sense… let use know how you go!
Awesome. Thanks for the tips. Very useful.