If we talk about Indian cuisine, the first thing appears crossing my mind is its unique and strong flavors. This is also what makes Indian cuisine famous over the world, characterized by the extensive use of various spices, herbs, and other vegetables, and sometimes fruits grown in India.
The unique and strong flavours in Indian cuisine are derived from spices, seasonings and nutritious ingredients such as leafy vegetables, grains, fruits, and legumes. Indian cuisine is strongly influenced by widespread and longstanding vegetarianism within sections of India’s majority Hindu and Jain communities. However, cuisine across India also evolved as a result of the subcontinent’s large-scale cultural interactions with Mongols and Britain making it a unique blend of some various cuisines.
Spices form the most important part of the flavor of the Indian cuisine. The most important spices in Indian cuisine are chilli pepper, black mustard seed (rai), cumin (jeera), turmeric, fenugreek, ginger, coriander and asafoetida (hing). Popular spice mixes are garam masala, a powder that typically includes five or more dried spices, especially cardamom, cinnamon, and clove. Each region, and sometimes each individual chef, has a distinctive blend of garam masala.
Most Indian cuisine are cooked in vegetable oil. In northern and western India, peanut oil is most popular for cooking, while in eastern India, mustard oil is more commonly used. Coconut oil is used widely along the western coast especially in Kerala; gingelly (sesame) oil is common in the south as well.
In Indian cuisine, food is categorized into six tastes – sweet, sour, salty, spicy, bitter and astringent. A perfect-balanced Indian meal contains all six tastes, sure it is not easy to be accomplished. This principle explains the use of numerous spice combinations and depth of flavour in Indian recipes. Side dishes and condiments like chutneys, curries, daals and Indian pickles contribute to and add to the overall flavour and texture of a meal and provide balance needed.
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