...as I dug into my memory for those snacks or tiffin...I recalled the many anecdotes and narratives about the people and places associated with these recipes... My replies grew into lengthy stories and my girls loved them. Amma, send us more recipes for tiffin, they wrote... Those stories were rambling and multifaceted and they are all here in my book. Tiffin , derived from tiffing , a historical British term for small meals or snacks to accompany a drink, is a ...