Indian food (Indian food)

Indian curry beef brisket rice

India and Pakistan, originally unfamiliar words, have become one of the hottest topics because of their popularity this season. That kind of colorful red and purple, the nation to the extreme, but also the fashion to the extreme. This time, fashion has driven the taste buds, and Indian food under the mysterious veil has also begun to stir, and the probe is looking around.

Eat pancakes dipped in "vegetable paste"

Like China cuisine, where rice is the staple food, Indian cuisine is also based on bread or rice, usually accompanied by curry. Almost all the dishes are cooked into a paste. Generally, the following cakes are torn by hand, dipped in or rolled with mashed vegetables. If it is rice, mix the rice with the vegetable paste and pinch it with your fingers.

There are more than a dozen cakes in Indian cuisine, some of which are similar to those in northern China. They are branded on an iron plate very similar to the "cake pot"; Can be rolled into different shapes of pancakes, dipped in coconut milk, green pepper coriander juice and other sauces to eat; There is also a cake with strange leaves and an omelet similar to Indian pancakes.

The dish pronounced "Dari" (butter and soybean) is one of the most popular Indian dishes, and almost every table must order it. Although it is said to be soybean, it is actually an Indian bean similar to pea. In India, beans are an essential food for every meal and always appear as the main course. "Soybean" cooked with curry and various spices tastes like mashed potatoes, very fragrant and tender. If this dish is not Indian, you can imagine it is a perfect match for rice or steamed bread. In fact, many dishes in India have this feeling. It is used with flying cakes and fried rice. These things taste good and feel great when mixed together.

In India, people used to eat with their hands, but now eating with tableware and hands is basically half and half. Tearing a cake is done with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger. It seems to be an easy action, but if you haven't practiced it, you will find it easy to make a fool of yourself.

Indian roast chicken is brown.

Of course, India also has mushy dishes, that is, Indian barbecue, including roast chicken, roast mutton and grilled fish. Many Indian dishes are baked, but they are not baked in ovens and ovens. If you have seen Xinjiang people cooking naan in the street, you will use that kind of earthen stove.

Indian food pays attention to barbecue, and will not stop until it is browned. Most of them use big ovens. In this traditional stove with holes, they can roast chicken, grilled fish, skewers and many kinds of cakes, which is very practical.

Everything baked by the earthen stove is very bright in color. For example, the exaggerated red color of Indian roast chicken is pickled with many Indian spices, and then slowly baked with a small fire, which has a very unique taste.

Ma Sala milk tea and "small beans"

Usually, after dinner, local people will drink a cup of spiced Indian milk tea, also called Ma Sala milk tea. There is no difference between the original milk tea and the milk tea we usually drink, but after adding a spice called "Ma Sala", it looks very individual.

In India, on the checkout counter in front of some restaurants, you can see a small bowl filled with strange things like fennel. This is for every guest to eat when they leave the room, and the effect is like chewing gum. And a small bag of snacks. When you tear open the bag and pour it out, you will find it is a red and green ball with irregular head, shape and color. When Indians eat it, they will put it in their mouth at a critical moment, learn from them and take a bite. After chewing, they found that it tasted like adzuki bean, and it seemed to have a special aroma except sweetness. Because Indian food is made of many spicy spices, it will be tasted in your mouth after eating it, and the bad taste will disappear immediately after chewing this colorful mini-bean. In the snack bar, you can sometimes see a huge pot at the door, with white milk heated by slow fire and half covered with milk skin, which is very fragrant.

A surprisingly sweet Indian dessert.

There are many kinds of desserts in India, but they are generally sweet. There is a dessert called Rasgullas, which is very famous in India and seems to be very popular. It's a milky ball, and it looks like a glutinous rice balls. When pressed with a spoon, you can feel the smoothness and elasticity of its appearance. It is made of milk skin, syrup, baking powder, etc. And it's full of sugar water. Almost every bite can make your mouth full of syrup. It's so sweet. If you don't like friends who are too sweet, try to buy fewer desserts that are directly soaked in syrup, because they are often surprisingly sweet. Besides, some spherical desserts look plump and crystal clear, so be careful. Most of them are also filled with syrup.

The Best Partner of Indian Food: Yogurt

Speaking of cold drinks in India, yogurt is definitely the first choice. It tastes full and soft. In addition to yogurt provided by major hotels, there are also many small shops selling yogurt on the streets of India. For travelers in the hot sun, it is really a pleasure to sit in a yogurt shop and drink a cool cup of yogurt after a hurry. Yogurt here has two basic tastes: sweet or salty. In addition, there are various fruit flavors, such as mango, banana and mixed fruit, which are not added with essence, but with fresh pulp.

Because the main courses of Indian dishes are mostly mutton, chicken and seafood, and onions and curry are essential in every dish, which is a little greasy and difficult to digest in the eyes of China people, so yogurt has become the best partner of Indian dishes. Alcohol-rich yogurt made from milk can dissolve greasy food. This kind of yogurt is too strong to drink, so you can only eat it with a small spoon. In addition, unlike China, where yogurt is sweet, most Indians drink yogurt with salt instead of sugar, or just the original flavor.

In addition, there is a large-scale food culture:

There are great differences between the north and south food cultures of Indians. There are many meats, grains and bread in northern cooking. They like spicy food. There are many vegetarian dishes, rice and spicy curry in the south. The basic food of Indian families is rice, home-made cakes and lentils, and the common condiments are Gan Qing pickles and coriander leaves.

Indian dinner usually starts with soup, usually thin curry, and the rest of the dishes are usually served at the same time, no matter how many dishes there are. Besides dinner, there are auxiliary foods, the most common ones are condensed milk or yogurt, curry mixed with vegetables, condensed milk mixed with vegetables, vegetable puree and chutney. After meals, there are usually lingzi nut ice cream, rice pudding, cream cheese balls flavored with rose water, pancakes with sugar water, cheese milk sugar and fresh fruit. After dinner, Indians entertain guests with a mixture of betel nut, hydrated lime and spices wrapped in betel nut leaves to help digestion. However, ordinary people's family meals are not as complicated as above.

There are many kinds of drinks in India. In the south, people like to drink espresso because it is close to the coffee producing area. In the north, people like to drink tea, because there are plains in the lower reaches of Ganges and Yarlung Zangbo rivers, and the climate is humid, and the tea production ranks first in the world. Two drinks are always served with milk and sugar. If you don't put milk and sugar in your tea, you should drink "green tea". Other drinks in India vary from place to place and season, and freshly squeezed juice is generally loved by Indians. Alcohol is not as popular in India as in western countries, and drinking is prohibited in many provinces, especially in Muslim areas, hotels and restaurants. In New Delhi, the first and seventh days of each month and festivals are prohibition days. When traveling to india tourism, visitors can apply for an "All India Liquor License" at the time of visa. Holding this certificate will allow you to carry and drink alcohol in the no-alcohol area.

Indians usually don't use tableware when eating. In the north, it is impolite for people to eat food with the fingertips of their right hand and take food above the second knuckle. In the south, people stir rice and curry with their whole right hand and knead them into balls to eat. Indians eat with their hands, but they can't touch public dishes or eat by themselves, otherwise, they will be disgusted by other diners. When eating, you usually use an ordinary water container to supply water. When drinking water, don't touch the water container with your lips, but pour it into your mouth. After a meal, Indians usually bring a bowl of hot water to their guests and put it on the table for them to wash their hands.