Chhota Hazri
[choh-tah hahz-ree]Community Definitions1
Literally "little breakfast"; the early morning tray of hot tea, Marie biscuits, or buttered toast served at dawn before the full cooked breakfast.
“Nana always enjoyed her chhota hazri in the cane easy chair on the veranda while watching the railway garden wake up.”
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