History of Chinese Cuisine

Chinese food has had five thousand years of history . Records show that
Chinese began to use chopsticks in the period of the 'Warring States'
‘(403-222BC) .By being one of the first Asian civilizations that achieved
stability and regular growth, China very quickly managed to acquire very
specific taste in food that enabled its cuisine to grow and change with
incredible pace. This great attention to food can today be attributed to
several factors that enabled Chinese cooks to create the most diverse and
interesting cuisine in the world – quick expansion of the Han culture from
Yellow River across entire territory of China that covers many climate
zones that have their own indigenous ingredients and cooking traditions
Chinese food Culture
A Chinese m eal is consisted of two parts staple
food, normally made of rice,noodles of steamed
buns and the vegetables and meat dishes.This is
different from Western meals which take meat or
animal protein as main dish .In a Chinese meal
everyone will have their own rice bowl, however
the accompanying dishes will be served in
communal plates and will be served by all
people.Deserts are not main course in
China.Instead deserts are considered as snacks
between two meals.If served at the end of the
meal they usually take fresh fruits
as desert.
Cooking methods
● Marinating
● Preparing meat pastes
● Cooking pans
● Stir frying
● Deep frying
● Braising
● Steaming
● Poaching or boiling
● Stewing
● Oven cooking
● Pickling
● Wind drying
Chinese cooking
utensils
● A Cleaver
● A Cutting Board
● A Wok
● A Wok Shovel
● A Chinese Scoop Strainer
● A Ladle
● Long chopsticks
● Rice Cooker
● Pressure Cooker
● Steaming Baskets
indianization Of Chinese Cuisine
Indian Chinese Cuisine is known to have started
It's journey in KOLKATA where a small Chinese
Community has made its way into everyone’s heart.
It is an adaptation of the Chinese sauces, seasoning
and certain cooking techniques like streaming and
stir frying.A lot of street food vendors and restaurants
Serve what is known as the HAKKA cuisine with prominent
dishes like Manchurian American Chopsuey sweet sour,
Chowmein and others.These have similar textures but
different flavours due to the use of certain Indian
Ingredients sidme Famous Chinese dishes in India are:
● Dim Sums and black bean Hot and sour soup
● Quick Noodles. Shitake Fried Rice
● Szechwan Rolls. with Water Chest nuts
● Stir Fried Tofu with Rice. Honey Chilli Potato