Eating from a leaf at a reception!?

Anybody remember this?

Soharee is a bhojpuri word that means ‘food for the gods

Of course, while it is referred to as sohari in Trinidad, it carries a range of different names in other parts of its range including cachibou, pampano, prayer plant and Cuban/ Havana cigar. 

A dying practice... Usually found at Hindu wedding receptions held at home... You take a leaf and find a seat by the eating table where guys from the village would be passing around with bowls of food.... asking "uncle/tants, wah yuh want dey again?" pumpkin, channa and aloo, roti, mother-n-law (pepper), sweet rice, bhagi, rice, kharhee and mango.

Originally the word soharee was associated with a special kind of roti served to Brahmins at religious functions. The small rotis were basted in ghee and served on the large leaves found in Trinidad. Soon the leaves adopted the name of the rotis themselves. These days, the word soharee is most commonly associated with the large leaves used as plates at religious functions. Indian food needs space because of the variety of dishes served.

There is a classic Trinidadian joke about an Englishman who attended a traditional East Indian wedding ---- > When asked how he enjoyed the meal, he said that the curry was delicious but that the lettuce was rather hard.