Indian cuisine is rich
in flavour and aroma. Indians use a lot of spices to prepare their dishes. The
food habits of North Indians are remarkably different from South Indians. While
South Indians are mostly vegetarians, north Indians are non-vegetarians. Perhaps
this is because South India is too hot to consume meat throughout the year. One
can enjoy multiple of dishes and food varieties in India as the food habits of
people here change from state to state. Indians use a lot of spices, green chillies
in their food.
Eating from a 'thalli' (a metal plate or banana leaf)
is quite common in most parts of India. Typical thalli contain some rice in the
centre, few chapattis of wheat, two vegetables and one dal (pulses). After this
sweet dish is served and this is widespread practice prevalent in many households
and restaurants.
As against this, North India has scorching summers,
chilling winters and in between cool monsoons. Moreover, the influence of Muslims
has affected dietary habits of North Indians.
The western states of
Gujarat and Rajasthan consume a lot of achaar (pickles) due to paucity of fresh
vegetables. Punjabis take a lot of lassie (buttermilk) and corn bread.
Indian
Specialities
- Dosa
- Idli
- Upma
- Baji
- Chholey Bhaturey
- Bonda
- Vada
- Chappati
- Dum
Aloo
- Dum Gosht
- Rajma Chawal
- Biryani
Sweets
- Gulab
Jamun
- Rasgulla
- Laddoo
- Coconut Barfi
