As you can see in the picture, it is served on a banana leaf giving it some fragrance of the banana leaf. The leaf is not to be eaten, or at least I haven't seen someone eating it.
There is a lot of things going on in this meal, for instance, the vegetables has a lot of spices, some uses yoghurt and some are deep fried like the deep fried bitter gourd. You also can get deep fried salted chilly. The beautiful part of it is that, in most places, you are able to top up the rice and vegetable side dishes for free.
The banana leaf rice is best eaten with your hands and a good cup of "teh tarik", which translates to pulled tea. For this drink, it is good to be seated near the drinks counter to enjoy the art of pulling tea. And once you are done, fold the leaf in half to indicate so.
