Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Indian Food

Indian Food like other traditional aspects of India is rich in variety. That land that represents unity in diversity offers assortment of delicious dishes. Go to any part of the country and you will find different style of foods made in entirely different way. We Indians are fond of using spices and herbs in our food. The quality and variety of cuisines varies from region to region. Numerous hotels and restaurants offering amazingly tasty foods can be found in all corners of the country. However, rice, wheat and pulses are considered as staple food inside Indian Territory. Lets take a look at traditional food found in different parts of the country.

Gujarati food is known for including vegetarian food and as far as nutritional value is concerned it scores high on that parameter. Gujaratis love to use different cooking styles and their specialty lies in offering sweet dishes. Punjabi food is very rich in terms of variety. All types of dishes are included in Punjabi foods and best part is mouth watering usage of spices in different cuisines. The most famous export of Punjabi cuisines is makke di roti and sarso ka saag.

Bengalis love to use spices in their foods. All the five major spices including seed, black cumin seed, mustard, aniseed, fenugreek seed and black cumin seed are used in balanced proportion to make Bengali food yummy. Talk about sweet or spicy flavors, Bengali foods is rich in content. Kashmiri food is a delectable mix of different cooking styles adopted over the years from Persia, central Asia and Afghanistan. Lastly south Indian foods, they are known for low calorie. Primarily rice based foods like dosa, rasam and idlis are the major ones in south Indian cuisines.

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