Indian Cuisine in the Eyes of a Foreigner

Traveling Indian land, you will sooner or later (depending on how much time you can spend without food) will face the local cuisine. Single Indian cuisine, as such, does not exist. Due to the different climatic conditions and a great variety of religions in cooking peoples of India are significant differences. The Indians, Muslims do not eat pork, many Indians-Hindus are convinced vegetarians and do not eat any Indian beef.

Meat series represented lamb, goat, buyvolyatynoyu, poultry, and seafood and a variety of freshwater fish. The only common features of all subspecies of Indian cuisine is the complete absence of any Flatware (except your hands) and love of fragrant spices.

The most famous among Indian spices is undoubtedly curry. In this mixture on the basis of turmeric is still a lot of other components, which can vary depending on the region. Dosage and not regulated and implemented only "taste", which comes with experience or do not come. By the way, not to be confused with curry seasoning whole family eponymous dishes, curries are added as a component. So feel free to order a curry, Chicken curry, fish curry, plus all sorts of variations on the pattern "curry * any * word."

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Perhaps many have heard the expression "Indian tea", but few know that the true Indian tea is prepared with milk. Not to be confused with the English tea, which is produced by adding milk into the cup after brewing. If the restaurant you order tea, it is likely it will bring you milk tea (milk tea), not the usual tea, so if for some reason you do not want to use lactose, it is definitely better to say "they want black." Clearly established milk tea recipe does not exist, there is only a set of mandatory ingredients — a milk and tea. Therefore, in each restaurant and Indian housewife — its exclusive drink. To one subspecies of tea with milk and tea masala belongs (there is also a mixture of spices called masala), which is produced by brewing tea with different sets of spices and herbs. Masala is a very nutritious product, it can safely live all day, many Indians and successfully bring. Tea in every region of India worth a dime. Maximum price for which we had to buy a cup of tea, was 10 rupees (20 US cents), the usual price — Rs 5.

The real Indian tea is as follows:

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In some restaurants you will be able to see and the process tea — the kitchen is right in the dining room:

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Indian cooking is varied and differs by region. This photograph — a restaurant menu in Cochin (Kerala):

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Now let's talk about rice. We can say that rice is one of the most important and most popular Indian cuisine. It seems so, but at the same time not. First, you need to distinguish between the target audience of restaurant (locals or tourists that are not willing to rice). Second, consider the place of deployment restaurant (state, city, coastal cities to come seafood rice). In many parts of the resistance of rice flour give products which are different cakes, pancakes and bread. For example, in Delhi is very popular paneer masala dosa. Ukrainian language is a frivolous can be translated as Pancake with herbs and cheese, recommended for use. Also please note that in different times of the day preparing different food, dinner, lunch, breakfast. Suddenly, right? If you are used to eat on their own schedule, in the early days you can be late for breakfast or early lunch to come, so you have to learn the standard menu, which does not depend on the time of day: pancakes with all sorts of fillings.

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Usually goes as rice and main dish served in its pure form, but is much tastier if ordered various additives, spices, chicken, fish and so on. D.

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Often rice is prepared immediately with vegetables, meat and eggs, this dish is a little more expensive, but as you know, by an individual approach to pay extra.

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Indians stretch meal 10-20 minutes. Combined with lots of enzymes contained in seasonings, it promotes metabolism and stable operation of the Indian gastrointestinal tract.

In small restaurants or canteens you will be limited in choice. This usually precooked rice and various spices, which poured into bowls — then combine to your liking. Instead of many small plates restaurants used palm leaves. A practical solution, by the way, and again — no problems with the environment.

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It happens like this: When you come to the restaurant, takes place menu waiting, waiting, went to the toilet, wait, and instead drop you bring a ready portion of rice with all sorts of additives.

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Here's a restaurant in Kollami (Kerala):

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Meet the women cooks in restaurants we were not lucky. That looks like a normal Indian cuisine restaurant:

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Restaurant in the heart of Delhi. Can sanitation standards are met and not all, but the food and service here were high:

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Where no sweets…

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Indian cuisine is famous for its sweets, but sweets — in the Indian fact. So do not rush to take all at once, try a little. The procedure usually is — you put it on a plate, which is available, but it is not necessary to use, can be limited by some other goodies, for which in the end you and pay. For the first experience we recommend you start with Puri probably the most neutral of Indian specialties. Puri — these are balls of dough that are fried in oil and then served with sauce achar or honey. On the one hand, as if nothing unusual — fried dough with honey, even a mauvais ton. On the other — really nothing unusual. Puri with achar much more interesting and really unusual. Achar sauce — a mixture of jam mango or pineapple, salt and hot pepper doses horse! The taste of this dish best describes the phrase "and want, and prickly".

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It is extremely cheap and you can dine on the street. In Delhi, a lot of places where fry, cook and sell food a few steps away from the road.

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There are special carts that sell eggs. Here again, along with raw materials, fried eggs:

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In India and McDonald's, where do without them, but there are other interesting fast food. The food is packed in plastic bags:

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and will continue to dine elsewhere:

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If you see the word Hotel, do not think that you'll have to rent a room in this place. In India Hoteliers called restaurants, it can be as big and small restaurant:

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If you are fond of fruit, then you got the right address — on every corner selling bananas, coconuts and other fruits intricate.

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If you are not attracted to buying food on the street, it is easy to find a supermarket that will not differ from ours as the assortment and the prices:

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Here follows a normal kitchen Rural house:

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If suddenly expired gas can cook food on wood:

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And this is a barbecue. Here he prepares for coconut, which comes with excellent coal:

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Fish. In coastal areas it is sold everywhere, but to buy it, we would not recommend, unless you have enough solid body or you decide to challenge the Indian sanitation. Arguing will not, assume that the fish is really good, but the flock flies many different things reflect a desire to become the happy owner of fish trupykiv.

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Preparation of cool drinks with soda water and lemon juice:

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Alcohol in India is sold in a special alcoholic beverage stalls with bars:

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