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  • First, she saved oil since everything was pre-cooked and more importantly, she saved time as while packing the fresh "dabbas" - lunchboxes, she also had to pay attention to the clock to catch her daily local train.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Meera 2009

  • First, she saved oil since everything was pre-cooked and more importantly, she saved time as while packing the fresh "dabbas" - lunchboxes, she also had to pay attention to the clock to catch her daily local train.

    Matkichi UsaL Meera 2009

  • The dabbawalas, while delivering lunch 'dabbas', also handed out UTI MF's forms to their customers.

    rediff.com 2008

  • Nick Brandreth for The Wall Street Journal Dabbawalla is an atypical Indian restaurant in Summit, N.J., named after those who deliver lunch in containers, or 'dabbas.'

    Atypical Indian Lunch 2011

  • Named after those who deliver lunch in containers, or "dabbas," the restaurant experiments with Indian wraps and roti or bread quesadillas, in addition to shrimp, chicken and even beef entrees.

    Delivering Experimental Indian Food 2011

  • In the small pressure cooker put two glasses of water and steamed the mix in the dabbas for 20 mins without whistle nor gasket.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Anjali 2008

  • In the small pressure cooker put two glasses of water and steamed the mix in the dabbas for 20 mins without whistle nor gasket.

    Steamed Rava Ladu?!! Anjali 2008

  • Today I am forced to share my graphic data, that I created, for my website, with a company selling $5 lunch dabbas (boxes), with promotional stunts like “teen patti” (Indian version of poker) on their website and steals from me.

    Indian tiffin catches on in the US « Salt and Pepper. 2006

  • Those nifty stacked aluminum containers are called "dabbas."

    Home-made Take-out Event Lindy 2007

  • In the glass box, there used to be stacks of fresh kurmura puffed rice, another stack of sev, 3 steel dabbas filled with green chutney, sweet tamarind chutney and the last one with red hot spicy chutney.

    Archive 2006-07-01 2006

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