About Indian Food
India is a country full of striking contrasts, which is evident in Indian cuisine, as well as climate, geography, culture and customs, and a major part of India is the Indian food culture. The placement of the Indian-sub continent, external and internal cultural influences has shaped a particular style of Indian cooking and positioned India in the culinary history of the world.
Everyone is wanting to know what kinds of food Indian people eat, and look for authentic Indian curry recipes and easy Indian recipes, but majority of Indian recipes are in fact straightforward to cook and authenticity of recipes does depend on the Indian region the Indian food recipe comes from.
Now Indian food is popular all over the world and Indian food recipes are well sought after, especially authentic Indian curry recipes. From lavish poultry and meat dishes to simple mango chutney and Indian fry bread recipes
History of Indian Food
In the history of Indian food the Mughal Empire brought great influences from the 170 Middle East and Afghanistan, bringing exotic spices and dried fruits and nuts, combining with milk and cream to create rich Mughlai dishes. The Mughals later adapted the Persian cooking to their own style, delicately flavoured, rich smooth sauces; include kormas, pasandas and wonderfully fragrant biryanis and pilaus, all of which have become extremely popular in and outside of India.
Persians who settled in southern India adapted to the rich culture, and made their own particular contribution to the Indian cuisine.283 Persian food has a very distinctive flavour which the Parsees (as they are known as) cleverly integrated and produced dishes such as Dhansak.
Culture and foods of india
Kashmiris from the north used saffron and other rare condiments, giving Indian cooking recipes, especially sweets and puddings a festive touch.
Travel and communication in early days was very little, and hence each region used herbs and spices that were found growing locally. This resulted in housewives being compelled to experiment the same ingredients, but using different cooking methods. The same ingredients cooked differently, gave dishes its unique and diverse taste, colour, and textures which resulted in the same Indian recipes having quite a few variation. Hence popular Indian vegetarian recipes are vastly available.
Traditional Indian food
Traditional Indian food includes Biryani & Rice and Indian curry that has a spicy and aromatic sauce with it, Tandoori chicken, which is spicy and full of aroma, chutney and of course Indian bread. And with the world becoming a smaller place, Indian cooking utensils are found in every good local Indian grocery store and Indian cooking schools are popular worldwide.