Indian cuisine is one of the few ancient cuisines of the world, dating back around 5000 years. Each state and region in the sub-continent has a different set of food staples and dishes. The country is also well known for its vegetarianism.
Broadly speaking, Indian cuisine can be broken up into four regions. In the South (Bangalore & Chennai), rice is the staple, with a traditional meal consisting of many different kinds of rice being served on banana leaves along with side dishes, sweets like payasam (pudding) and chutneys. Breakfast food consists of rice dishes like dosa and idlis.
In the West (with Mumbai and Gujarat) the dishes are sweeter and sometimes spicy too. The meal comes in the form of a thali or plate full of side dishes and vegetables, along with the roti flat bread). The spiciness varies in different parts of each of the states in the west, with the Konkan coast in Maharashtra leading the spicewagon on account of its fiery tasting dishes.
The Eastern region (Calcutta) doesn’t have too much interest in vegetarian food, and their main interest is in fish and seafood. The northern region (includes New Delhi and Pubjab) is India’s most popular cuisine type, and these dishes can be found in restaurants world-wide. Well known examples of Punjabi food include nan with tandoori chicken, sarson ka saag, lassi and paneer dishes.
The north’s food, made famous by the thousands of London curry houses, has a shared heritage with Pakistan and has many common traits with Pashtun dishes in Afghanistan and Jammu & Kashmir. The curry and famous chicken tikka masala in the UK aren’t really original dishes found in India, but are variations created especially for Western palates.
Other morphed varieties of dishes from India can be found in many other places across the world, such as the goat curry in the Caribbean which is very popular in Trinidad & Tobago. There’s also Cape Malay Curry in South Africa, which is now sweet and fruity after having traveled from India to South Africa via Malaysia. Many such variations have been adapted by countries all over the world.
Visitors in India will find most restaurants serving food that is typical to the region, as explained above. Visitors attempting to taste Indian food in their own towns in the US or Europe will like as not end up in a Punjabi restaurant offering tandoori dishes or curry. But there’s a lot more to it than curry, and the difference can only be understood by taking the trouble to find restaurants from all the different regions.
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