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    Indian cuisine is one of the most diverse in the world, featuring spices, vegetables, grains, and fruits. It has been influenced by Hinduism, Islam, and cultural traditions. Staple foods include rice, wheat flour, pulses, and curries cooked with spices like chili pepper, mustard seed, cumin, turmeric, ginger, and garlic. Regional cuisines vary, with northern India favoring meats, eastern India known for desserts, southern India focusing on rice dishes like dosa, and western India emphasizing seafood. Beverages include tea and alcoholic drinks like palm wine.

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    Indian cuisine is one of the most diverse in the world, featuring spices, vegetables, grains, and fruits. It has been influenced by Hinduism, Islam, and cultural traditions. Staple foods include rice, wheat flour, pulses, and curries cooked with spices like chili pepper, mustard seed, cumin, turmeric, ginger, and garlic. Regional cuisines vary, with northern India favoring meats, eastern India known for desserts, southern India focusing on rice dishes like dosa, and western India emphasizing seafood. Beverages include tea and alcoholic drinks like palm wine.

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    Indian Cuisine

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    Indian cuisine is one of the most diverse in the world, featuring spices, vegetables, grains, and fruits. It has been influenced by Hinduism, Islam, and cultural traditions. Staple foods include rice, wheat flour, pulses, and curries cooked with spices like chili pepper, mustard seed, cumin, turmeric, ginger, and garlic. Regional cuisines vary, with northern India favoring meats, eastern India known for desserts, southern India focusing on rice dishes like dosa, and western India emphasizing seafood. Beverages include tea and alcoholic drinks like palm wine.

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    INDIAN

    CUISINE

    Maja Pokleka, 3.z


    • one of the world's most diverse cuisines

    • spices, vegetables, grains and fruits

    • influenced by religion(Hinduism, Islam), cultural choices and traditions

    • Historical events -The Columbian discovery of the New World


    • Potatoes, tomatoes, chillies, guava, etc.
    FOODS MENTIONED IN ANCIENT INDIAN
    SCRIPTURE
    • Pomegranate
    • Mango
    • Betel leaf (mainly used to add flavor)
    • curd (a traditional yogurt or fermented milk product),
    • ghee (a class of clarified butter that originated in ancient India,)
    • figs
    CUISINE STAPLES
    • Rice
    • Atta (whole wheat flour)
    • a variety of pulses
    • Curries- fried in vegetable oil
    • Spices: chili pepper, black mustard seed, cumin, turmeric, ginger, and
    garlic
    GEOGRAPHICAL VARIETIES samosa
    • NORTH- Goat and lamb meats, popular snack – samosa
    • EAST- desserts (rasagolla, chumchum and kheeri)
    • SOUTH- rice, dosa, poori, idli, vada, bonda, and bajji
    dosa
    • WESTERN- seafood-based.

    bajji
    bonda
    chumchum
    rasagolla
    kheeri
    BEVERAGES
    • Tea
    • Alcoholic beverages: palm wine, fenny, bhang, and Indian beer
    SOURCES
    • https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/indian_cuisine
    • https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/in
    dian-cuisine
    • https://www.masterclass.com/articles/all-about-indian-cuisine-the-m
    ost-popular-dishes-and-where-to-start

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