New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Riding on the decline in prices of vegetables and pulses, the cost of preparing home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis fell 13% each on a year-on-year basis in November, according to Crisil's monthly indicator of food plate cost.

The decline in the cost of a vegetarian thali was led by a sharp fall in the prices of vegetables and pulses while the cost of a non-vegetarian thali fell due to a 12% on-year drop in broiler prices, which account for ~50% of the cost.

Lower prices of vegetables and pulses also contributed to the decline of non-vegetarian thali prices.

Notably, the prices of tomato declined 17% on-year on the back of higher supplies, while potato prices fell 29% on-year on a high base.

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