NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at Rashtrapati Bhawan for a lavish state banquet on the second day of his India visit, featuring an all-vegetarian menu presented as a traditional thali built around fresh ingredients and aromatic spices. The carefully curated spread was designed to highlight India’s regional diversity and culinary heritage while remaining light, elegant and festive.

The meal began with murungelai chaaru soup, a light broth of moringa leaves and moong beans garnished with curry leaf-scented seeds, setting a delicate and comforting tone for the evening. This was complemented by gucchi doon chetin (stuffed morels with white walnut chutney), kaale chane ke shikampuri (black gram kebabs) and vegetable jhol momo served with chutne

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