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[[File:'0' A thali, meal served in India.jpg|thumb|Thali with various sidedishes for rice.]]
The ''Ksemakutuhalam'' culinary text advises the cook to serve boiled rice in the middle of the plate. Pulse, meat, vegetables and fish are placed (in that order) on the right, and broths, drinks, water and pickles on the left.<ref>Kṣemakutūhalam by Kṣemaśarma, Sanskrit treatise .
In Ayurvedic tradition, six tastes known as ''Shadrasa'' is used to classify foods according to their qualities for ideal meal. These six tastes include; sweet, salty, sour, pungent, bitter, astringent. Thali presentation often includes all six of these flavors.<ref>Textbook of Ayurveda - Book 1 - Page 310, Vasant Lad · 2002</ref>
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