Indian Food Menu on Carnival Cruise Lines: Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Dishes

Carnival Cruise Lines offer many wonderful and delicious food choices onboard. Carnival offers “taste of the nations” buffet during lunch featuring an international cuisine every day during lunch. We’ve seen Mexican, Caribbean, Italian, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indian food on offer during lunch in addition to the regular offerings at the Lido buffets.

Contact Carnival guest services no less than two weeks before embarkation to request Indian vegetarian or non-vegetarian food. Indian food is a fairly popular choice, especially with the increasing popularity of cruising among tourists from South Asia and the United Kingdom. Also contributing is the emergence of Indian food emerging as the de facto national cuisine in England. For this reason, even if guests do not pre-book Indian vegetarian food, Carnival’s ships tend to stock up on constituents of Indian food.

Carnival Cruise’s Typical 5-Day Rotation of Vegetarian Indian Food

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Aloo Shimla Mirch, Khumb Matar, Rajmah

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Basmati Jeera Pulao, Raita, Achar, Papad, Kachumber

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 1

Dinner on Day 1

  • Aloo Shimla Mirch: potatoes with green bell pepper
  • Khumb Matar Dahi Wale: mushroom and peas in yogurt sauce
  • Basmati Jeera Pulao: basmati rice with roasted cumin seasoning
  • Rajmah Raseela: red kidney beans in spicy gravy
  • Traditional Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 2: Aloo Baingan, Malai Kofta, Channa Dal, Matar Pulao

Dinner on Day 2

  • Aloo Baingan: potatoes with eggplant
  • Malai Kofta: fried cheese-balls in creamy gravy
  • Basmati Matar Pulao: basmati rice with stir-fried peas
  • Channa Dal Masala: spicy yellow split peas
  • Traditional Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 3: Boondi Kadi, Palak Paneer, Mattar Subzi, Basmati Rice

Dinner on Day 3

  • Boondi Kadi: fried chickpea pearls in thick chickpea-yoghurt gravy
  • Palak Paneer: spinach and Indian cheese
  • Basmati Safed Chawal: plain basmati rice
  • Sookhe Mattar Ki Subzi: green peas with spices
  • Traditional Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Carnival Cruise South Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 4: Beans Poriyal, Zucchini Kootu, Sambar, Dahi Bhath

Carnival Cruise South Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 4: Dahi Bhath Yoghurt Rice, Raita, Achar, Papad, Kachumber

Carnival Cruise South Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 4: Beans Poriyal, Zucchini Kootu, Sambar

Dinner on Day 4

  • Green Beans Poriyal: curry of green beans in South Indian-style
  • Zucchini Kootu: stew of zucchini and lentils in South Indian-style
  • Dahi Bhath: basmati rice in yogurt in South Indian-style
  • Sambar: vegetable stew with tamarind in South Indian-style
  • Traditional Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 5: Bhindi Masala, Aloo Matar, Onion Pulao, Chole Pindi

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 5: Basmati Onion Pulao, Raita, Achar, Papad, Kachumber

Carnival Cruise Indian Vegetarian Food: Day 5: Bhindi Masala, Aloo Matar, Chole Pindi

Dinner on Day 5

  • Bhindi Masala: okra with spices
  • Jeera Aloo Matar: potatoes and peas garnished with cumin
  • Basmati Onion Pulao: basmati rice with glazed onions
  • Chole Pindi: chickpeas with spices
  • Traditional Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Carnival Cruise’s Typical 5-Day Rotation of Non-Vegetarian Indian Food

Carnival Cruise Indian Menu: 5 Day Cycle

Dinner on Day 1

  • Murg Dahiwala: chicken in yoghurt sauce
  • Aloo Shimla Mirch: potatoes with green bell pepper
  • Basmati Jeera Pulao: basmati rice with roasted cumin seasoning
  • Rajmah Raseela: red kidney beans in spicy gravy
  • Customary Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Dinner on Day 2

  • Aloo Baingan Baingan: potatoes with eggplant
  • Chicken Tariwala: chicken with spices
  • Basmati Matar Pulao: basmati rice with stir-fried peas
  • Channa Dal Masala: spicy yellow split peas
  • Customary Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Dinner on Day 3

  • Gosht Palak: spinach and (sheep) mutton curry
  • Boondi Kadi: fried chickpea pearls in thick chickpea-yoghurt gravy
  • Basmati Safed Chawal: plain basmati rice
  • Sookhe Mattar Ki Subzi: green peas with spices
  • Customary Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

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Dinner on Day 4

  • Chicken Chattinad: chicken cooked in Chettinad-style
  • Green Beans Poriyal: curry of green beans in South Indian-style
  • Dahi Bhath: basmati rice in yogurt in South Indian-style
  • Sambar: vegetable stew with tamarind in South Indian-style
  • Customary Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Dinner on Day 5

  • Goan Fish Curry: fish with spices cooked as in Goa-style
  • Bhindi Masala: okra with spices
  • Basmati Onion Pulao: basmati rice with glazed onions
  • Chole Pindi: chickpeas with spices
  • Customary Accompaniments: Raita (yoghurt relish), Achar (Indian pickle), Roasted Papad (crisps), and Kachumber Salad

Standard Household Towel Sizes: Bath Towels, Wash Clothes

Standard Household Towel Sizes: Bath Towels, Wash Clothes Department stores offer towel collections that come with a variety of sizes, knitting style, cotton quality, and personalization details to fit the space, budget and personal preferences of buyers. Common household towels are made from cotton, rayon, bamboo, non-woven fibers or other organic materials. Most homes use three types of towels for each person in the household: bath towels, hand towels, and wash towels.

  • Bath Towel: Size: 27 by 52 square inches (about 69 by 132 square centimeters.) The bath towel is the indispensable, do-it-all towel used for drying after bathing, showering or swimming.
  • Bath Sheet: Size: 35 by 60 square inches (about 89 by 152 square centimeters.) Bigger and more indulgent that a standard bath towel, a bath sheet can provide more coverage after a shower or a bath.
  • Hand Towel: Size: 16 by 30 square inches (about 41 by 76 square centimeters.) Hand towels are used for drying the hands after washing them.
  • 'Carnival Towel Creations' by Carnival Cruises (ISBN 0615154581) Wash Towel or Wash Cloth: Size: 13 by 13 square inches (about 33 by 33 square centimeters.) Wash towels are used both in and out of a shower or bath by wetting, applying soap to the towel, and then using the towel to apply the soap to wash the face, hands, and the rest of the body. The particular utility of a hand towel is in its increased abrasion that can remove dead skin cells more effectively than direct application of soap on the skin and manual rubbing. Also called wash towel, face cloth, flannel, and face-washer (in Australia.)
  • Fingertip Towel: Size: 11 by 18 square inches (about 28 by 46 square centimeters.) Fingertip towels are smaller than hand towels and placed in guest bathrooms at refined residences as a replacement for hand towels.
  • Foot Towel or Tub Mat: Size: 27 by 52 square inches (about 69 by 132 square centimeters.) A foot towel or tub mat is a medium-size rectangular towel placed onto a bathroom floor to dry the feet for those coming out of a shower or a bath. Foot towels and tub mats are tightly woven and very absorbent. The foot towel or tub mat is usually a substitute for a floor rug, carpet, or bathroom mat. One of the difficulties with using a foot towel is that it might slip and slide around on tiled floors. Most foot towels cannot provide the friction and grip of a floor rug, carpet, or bathroom mat; hence, improved designs consist of an under-surface clutching design to improve grip.

Cruises Towel Animals Creations

'Towel Creations' by Holland America Line (ISBN B001M96NRW) Recommended Resources: ‘Towel Creations’ by Holland America Line. Carnival Cruises claims to have introduced considers towel animals as part of its trend-setting “Fun Ship” experience. Currently, Carnival Cruises, Holland America, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and Disney Cruise Line serve up towel creations to their guests. Each evening, as part of the turndown service, cabin attendants fold terry-cloth towels and washcloths into various shapes. These cruise lines also offer guidebooks filled with descriptive illustrations to help guests replicate these towel animal creations at home. Also recommended: ‘Carnival Towel Creations’ by Carnival Cruises.

All you wanted to know about Carnival Cruises’ ‘Cruise Elegant’ and ‘Cruise Casual’ Dress Codes

Dress Code Requirements on Carnival Cruises

One of the topics that continues to be a mystery to many cruisers and leads to many threads on the cruisers’ internet forums is the topic of dress codes for the “formal nights” organized on many cruises.

Almost all cruise lines have a dress code of some type. If a tuxedo is required on a particular formal night, some cruisers might want to get along with just a suit. Interestingly, cruisers who follow the dress code tend to tattletale and frequently complain of leniency and lax enforcement by the cruise lines.

Historically, cruise ships and premium cabins in ocean liners required that their guests and patrons wear formal dresses after 6:00 pm in all the public areas of the ship. Men regularly wore a white tie and ladies wore evening gowns. Over the decades, the dress codes have become less formal. During the 1960s, when cruise lines started appealing to budget travelers that might not own formal dresses, cruise ships designated some evenings as formal evenings and others as informal evenings. Cruise lines that appealed to the mass market began to loosen their dress codes and required formal dresses of guests that dined only in the main dining room. Different cruise lines relaxed dress codes to different levels, created many variations between cruise lines, and these factors resulted in much confusion.

Carnival Cruise - Cruise Elegant Dress Code

Cruise Elegant Evenings on Carnival Cruises

On carnival cruises, most evenings are casual nights requiring patrons to adhere to their ‘Cruise Casual’ dress code. Some nights, depending on the length of the cruise, tend to be formal nights—Carnival calls them ‘Cruise Elegant’ evenings. The number of evenings designated Cruise Elegant depends on the length of the cruise:

  • 1-day cruises: no Cruise Elegant evenings
  • 2- to 5-day cruises: one Cruise Elegant evening
  • 6-day or longer cruises: two Cruise Elegant evenings

Carnival usually schedules the first Cruise Elegant evening for the second or third day of the cruise and the last Cruise Elegant evening the second or third day prior to the end of the cruise, with the rest of the Cruise Elegant evenings spread out during the cruise.

The Lido restaurants are exempt from the dress code requirements during Cruise Elegant evenings.

Carnival Cruise - Cruise Casual Dress Code

Dress Code / Requirements on Carnival Cruises

  • Cruise Elegant: Shorts, t-shirts, jeans, flip flops, bathing suit attire, sleeveless shirts for men, sportswear and baseball hats are not allowed in the restaurants.
  • Cruise Casual: Gym or basketball shorts, flip-flops, bathing suit attire, cut-off jeans and men’s sleeveless shirts are not allowed in the restaurants.

Carnival Cruise’s Newlywed and Not-So-Newlywed Game

Carnival Cruise's Newlywed and Not-So-Newlywed Game

On Carnival Cruises trips, the Cruise Director hosts the hilarious Newlywed and Not-So-Newlywed Game. Usually, the Cruise Director chooses three couples from among the audience: the most newly wed couple (chances are that there might be a couple that got married during the cruise), the couple that’s been married the longest, and a couple a married that’s been married for about 25 years.

  • “Where and when did you first meet?”
  • “What day of the week did you get married? “
  • “Rate your first kiss from 1 to 10.”
  • “Ladies, what does your husband resemble when getting out of the shower: (1) a stretch limo, (2) a pick-up truck, or (3) a Volkswagen Bug with two flat tires?”
  • “Which of your wife’s (or husband’s) relatives do you dislike the most?”
  • “Was last night in your cabin like: (1) Fourth of July – all fireworks, (2) Thanksgiving – a dead turkey, or (3) Memorial Day – honoring the dead?”
  • “You haven’t seen ugly until you have seen my wife’s (or husband’s) _____”
  • “If a parrot were to live in your bedroom, what would it learn to say or what sounds would it learn to make?”
  • “Whoopee hasn’t been the same since we did it _____ (where)”
  • “When you wife bends over what do you see and think of?”
  • “When it comes to your husband being macho, is it: (1) In the bed, (2) out of the bed, (3) in his head?”

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  • “What was the first thing that your husband (or wife) grabs in the morning?”
  • “If you were stuck in traffic, which one of your wife’s (or husband’s) relatives would you least like to be stuck in traffic with?”
  • “What type and color of underwear is your husband (or wife) wearing?”
  • “What animal does your husband (or wife) best resemble and why?”
  • “What is your husband’s favorite condiment?”
  • “Who was your husband’s (or wife’s) last girlfriend (or boyfriend) and what is one word that best describes her (or him)?”
  • “The ugliest thing about my wife (or husband) is _____”
  • “What movie best describes your love life: (1) Love Story (2) Gone With the Wind (3) Wild Thing?”
  • “The strangest place you have made whoopee is _____”
  • “What is your wife’s bra size?”
  • “What is your husband’s (or wife’s) most disgusting habit?”
  • “How many times a week do your bed springs squeak?”
  • The Newlywed and Not-So-Newlywed games tend to end with, “If your husband was stranded on a desert island, would he want to be there with a missionary or a hooker?” Consistently, the cruise director who hosts game show sets up the answer of the last husband and makes the audience believe that the last husband would want to be with a hooker in missionary position, much to the amusement of the entire audience.

All three couples win a bottle of champagne courtesy of the captain of the Carnival Cruise ship.