Mouth watering Delicious Indian Food.
The Indian Cuisine is as diverse as its culture, languages,
regions and its climate. Every region of India brings its
own unique dishes and subtle variations to popular dishes.
Aromatic spices are the essence of Indian cuisine. Uses of
particular spices such as Coriander, Cumin, Fenugreek, Asafoetida
etc., give Indian foods its distinct flavor. The cooking skill
lies in the subtle blending of a variety of spices to enhance
the basic flavor of a particular dish.
Milk products like ghee (clarified butter) and dahi (Yoghurt),
buttermilk, sour cream, cottage cheese, a variety of dals
(Lentils) and regional vegetables are other common ingredients
in Indian cooking. Vegetables naturally differ across regions
and with seasons. The style of cooking vegetables is dependent
upon the main dish with which they are served. For example
Sarson ka saag (mustard greens) is a perfect complement for
the Makke ki Roti (corn flat bread) eaten in Punjab, while
sambhar (lentil soup) goes great with Idlis (steamed rice
cakes).
Indian flat Breads are made with wheat, rice and ground legumes
depending on the part of the country.
Gujarati: The Gujaratis have perhaps, truly
perfected the art of vegetarian
cooking
. Even the simplest of ingredients are transformed
into mouthwatering delicacies. Delicious dishes those are
quite easy to cook
Maharashtrian: Coastal Maharashtrian cuisine
is largely dependent on freshly ground spices and use coconut
abundantly. The ghat areas however use dried spices and masalas
and garlic dominates. Be it the aromatic masala bhaat or the
ever popular vada pav and Sabudana
Bengali: Bengali's love literature, music,
art, theatre and food in that order. Bengal's greatest contribution
is the magnificent spectrum of sweets
made from curdled milk (chenna), burnt milk (khoya), rasgullas,
gulab jamuns, rasmalai and many more.
Jain / Saatvik: According to "ayurveda"
all foods are divided into three categories "rajasik",
"tamasik" and "saatvik". It is believed
that the food we eat, decides the quality of our minds and
health of our bodies. This section highlights Saatvik cooking.
Saatvik food consists of lightly cooked vegetables with minimum
spices, fruits, nuts, honey, milk and milk products. Jain
food is also very similar to saatvik cooking except that certain
root foods like potatoes, ginger, onions, and garlic are prohibited
South Indian / Udipi / Vegetarian:
Cuisines from Andhra, Karnataka, Kerla and Tamil Nadu are
all part of South Indian Cuisine. Coffee and coconut are common
to all. Crisp dosas, soft and spongy idlis, rice dishes to
suit every taste are offered by this cuisine to lovers of
vegetarian food. Udipi
food is a hot favourite with the Brahmin community.
Hyderabadi: Cuisine combines the best
of both worlds: northern ingredients and spices--cinnamon,
cardamom, cloves and garlic--combined with a seemingly endless
list of southern flavorings--curry leaves, red chilies, mustard
seed, cassia buds, peanuts, coconut, tamarind leaves, jaai
kaya, jani, and pathri.
Goan: Goan food is influenced by coastline.
Seafood and use a lot of coconut for cooking. Pork is a must
for any festive occasion and most famous preparation is the
vindaloo. Seafood like the prawn balchao is considered special.
For sweet tooth it is bebinca. The extract of coconut milk
is added to flour, sugar, etc. An accompaniment to wash down
all Goan food is the locally brewed feni.
Rajasthani: Best-known Rajasthani food is
the combination of dal, bati and churma. The bati, lachhedar
paratha and besan ki missi puri are types of bread peculiar
to Rajasthan. Two meat specialties are lal maans (red meat),
a fiery heavily spiced dish, and safed maans (white meat)
cooked with almonds, cashew nuts and coconut. its popular
sweet – ladoos of Jaisalmer, mawa kachori of Jodhpur,
malpuas of Pushkar, dil jani of Udaipur, mishri mawa and ghevar
of Jaipur, sohan halwa of Ajmer, mawa of Alwar, and rasgullas
of Bikaner
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