Dhansak ("Dhan" is Persian/Urdu for "seed"- referring to grains or legumes; "Sak" (derived from Gujarati "shaak" meaning vegetable greens or cooked vegetables). The Gujarati element of the recipe is the liberal use of a variety of Indian spices and condiments, in contrast to the more mellow Iranian recipes. In Parsi homes, dhansak is traditionally made on Sundays owing to the long preparation time required to cook the lentils and vegetables into a mush (in the days before pressure cooking was employed). Dhansak is also always had on the fourth day after the death of a near one. There is no meat
Kidney dish that may have bedridden patients. The disposable version of the kidney dish was invented by Bessie Virginia Blount. The disposable molded pulp kidney dish is replacing the stainless steel dish because one-use-only products can decrease cross-communication of disease. Generally, the volume of a pulp kidney dish (or "vomit dish") is 700 ml. Its length is 25 cm-26 cm, its width 11 cm. Each year more than 100 million pulp kidney dishes are used in hospital or family care. Contrary to its name, emesis basins are not usually used for vomiting, as the depth, size, and sloping walls all contribute to