Indian dining etiquette

We eat in various countries, not to satisfy our appetite, but more to understand the cultural customs and lifestyle of this country. The following is the Indian dining etiquette I have compiled for you. Welcome to reading.

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Although Indian food has been internationalized in the creation of dishes and dining etiquette, there are still some details that cannot be ignored that need the attention of foreign diners, otherwise they may still be laughed at at at the dinner table.

1, you need to master the time when eating.

Indians usually only eat two meals a day. The first meal is after 8 o'clock in the morning and the second meal is basically after 8 o'clock in the evening.

However, Indians accustomed to western-style life also began to eat three meals a day, including appetizers, soups, main courses and desserts. They can order according to their appetites or not.

2. Eat at the same speed as the other person.

Indian food is also eaten in a special way. It is a combination of Chinese food and western food. Both knives and forks are used. Let's order together.

Moreover, if you eat appetizers at the same table with Indians, it is not good to eat too fast or too slowly. It is best to try to keep the same speed as the other party to complete the dishes.

Dessert and tea must wait until after dinner, otherwise it is impolite to the guests.

Indians eat separately, eat as much as they can, and don't leave leftovers.

4. Indians? Have a meal? Happiness and taboo.

Hand-grabbed rice is a long-standing dining custom in India. They will wash their hands before eating, and then prepare to eat. If you visit an Indian home, you must try it? Have a meal? The fun of.

It is precisely because of this habit of Indians that most Indian dishes are made into paste, which is convenient for rolling cakes or eating rice by hand.

It is particularly important to note that it is also taboo for Indians to grasp rice by hand. That is to say, only the right hand is used to grasp food, and the left hand must never be used to touch food. Indians think that the left hand is specially used to deal with unclean things, so when eating, their left forearm is usually placed along the table, their hands are hung under the table, or they simply hide their left hand in a hidden place.

At the end of the meal, the waiter will bring the guests hand washing water in a small bowl with lemon slices for cleaning and petals for decoration floating in the water. Of course you can only wash your right hand.

Indian dining etiquette II

When visiting a temple or family in India, you must take off your shoes when you enter the door. When welcoming distinguished guests, the host usually presents a wreath and puts it around the neck of the guests. The size and length of the wreath depend on the identity of the guests. The wreath for the distinguished guests is thick and long, exceeding the knee. The garland of ordinary guests only reaches the chest.

When eating in India, there are also many manners to pay attention to. Although Indians have begun to eat with knives and forks on many formal occasions, in private, they are still used to grabbing food with their hands. Hand-grabbed rice is a long-standing eating custom in India. They wash their hands before eating, and then eat. If you are a guest in an Indian home, you must try the fun of catching rice. It is because of this habit that most Indian dishes are made into paste, which is convenient for rolling cakes by hand or eating rice by hand. Indians also have rules for eating. Both adults and children should eat with their right hands, pass food and tableware to others, and even use their right hands. This is because people think that their right hand is clean and their left hand is dirty. This is related to another habit of Indians. Indians don't use toilet paper to wipe after going to the toilet, but flush with water. When flushing, they use their left hand instead of their right hand.

Indians don't eat mushrooms, bamboo shoots and fungus. Hindus and Sikhs are forbidden to eat pork and beef. They generally don't drink, because drinking is against religious habits. But they have the habit of drinking tea, but they like to lick it with their tongues. Indians don't like big meat, and more people eat vegetarian food. The higher the level, the less meat you eat. I like Cantonese food and Su food in China.

In India, cattle are sacred, and eating beef and using cowhide products are taboo. Worship snakes and regard killing them as a violation of god. Do you think it is taboo to bathe children in a bathtub? Dead water? , is an inhuman act.

Indian dining etiquette III

Mutton? Big Mac?

Most Indians believe in Hinduism, and religion has a great influence on diet. As we all know, cows are extremely sacred in the eyes of Indians. Although many cows roam the streets, you will never eat beef in restaurants or any reception. Don't forget to order beef when eating McDonald's in India? Big Mac? Because there is only mutton there. If foreigners want to eat beef, they can only buy it in special shops where Muslims live in concentrated communities and take it home to cook it themselves.

There are many vegetarians in India for religious reasons. When you invite an Indian to dinner, you must first find out whether the other person is a vegetarian or not, otherwise it will be embarrassing. A strict vegetarian doesn't even eat eggs, but usually drinks milk. Some devout Hindus must pray before eating. Once, we invited an Indian friend to our home for dinner. After everyone sat down, we suddenly found a friend closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking something. After a while, he opened his eyes and began to eat.

Do not eat beef, but drink milk.

India is one of the largest milk producing countries in the world, and milk plays a very important role in the diet structure of Indians. Every morning and evening, people go to the state-run milk station for milking in an endless stream, and some large households have several liters and a dozen. Many Indians have a cup of tea and a few biscuits for breakfast. Indians usually drink tea with milk and sugar.

In the vegetable market in Delhi, you can also buy snow-white milk tofu, which is rich in milk fragrance. Indians especially like sweets, and the most traditional sweets in Indian meals are also made of cheese and sugar.

You can only eat with your right hand.

The Indian way of eating still retains some traditional habits. Although people eat with forks and spoons on more formal occasions, at home, it is more enjoyable to grasp them with their hands: everyone puts a big plate in front of them, puts rice on it, then pours vegetables and soup, then stirs them with their hands, kneads them into a ball, grabs them and puts them into their mouths. In street food stalls, snack bars and temples, people usually use plates made of dried leaves to hold food. Some restaurants will give everyone a fresh big leaf to hold food such as rice, which is very environmentally friendly.

Indians also have rules for eating. Both adults and children should eat with their right hands, pass food and tableware to others, and even use their right hands. This is because people think that their right hand is clean and their left hand is dirty. This is related to another habit of Indians. Indians don't use toilet paper to wipe after going to the toilet, but flush with water. When flushing, they use their left hand instead of their right hand. When eating in a restaurant or an Indian home, when the meal is almost finished, the host often brings you a small bowl of warm water with a lemon floating on it. This water must not be drunk. It is used to wash hands. After dinner, a plate of green wheat fragrance will be served for everyone to chew and eliminate oral odor.

Indian dining etiquette iv

There are many social etiquette in India: folding ceremony, hugging ceremony, covering ceremony, touching feet ceremony, raising hands ceremony and so on. Shaking hands is also very popular. Indians often greet their guests with wreaths. Indians used to pay great attention to rank, status and identity. India's unique caste system is divided into four levels: first,? Brahman? , that is, monks; Second, yes? Khrushchev? , that is, noble and noble; Third, is it? Xiao Wei , that is, civilians; Fourth, is it? Sudra? , that is, untouchables. Besides, what else? Untouchable. untouchable? , what's your name? Harry, really? . The traditional caste system has been widely criticized, but its influence still exists.

The staple food of Indians is rice and pasta, and the cooking methods are frying, boiling and stewing. They like to add all kinds of spices, especially spicy spices. There are many vegetarians in India, and the higher their social status, the more taboo they are. According to the canon, Hindus and Sikhs don't eat beef, Muslims don't eat pork, and Jains avoid killing animals and eating meat.