Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Indian Food


The right way to Enjoy The Flavour
Asian food tastes better when it is eaten using chopsticks. Similarly, the flavors of Indian food are better experienced when it is eaten using your fingers. Most often flat hard breads or rice is served with different spicy curries and other side dishes. While a spoon and fork can be used to eat the rice, the only way to eat the flat bread is to tear it with your fingers and use the pieces to scoop up the flavorful curries. However, purists say both rice and flat bread tastes better when you use your fingers.

As far as Indian food is concerned it is more important how much you eat than how you eat it. Westerns are more accustomed to meals with meat or fish as the main dish. However, rice or flat bread is the main dish in an Indian meal and the meat or fish curries and other accompaniments are to be consumed in much smaller quantities. The spicier the dish, the smaller the amount to be eaten and rice or flat bread serves to neutralize their strong flavors. Another indication of how much to eat is the size of the serving spoon provided for a spicy dish. Some very spicy dishes are provided with coffee spoons. However, it is always better to warn an unsuspecting guest about how hot or spicy a particular dish is to avoid discomfort.

Pappadams or crisp lentil wafers are always to be served in separate plates to preserve their crispiness.

The right way to serve a meal is to first serve the rice in the middle of the plate and then serve the curries and other accompaniments around it in relatively smaller amounts. Contrary to general assumption that all the accompaniments have to be mixed together with the rice, each side dish has to be savored separately with a piece of flat bread or a spoonful of rice.

Cool sparkling water is probably the most complimentary drink for a spicy Indian meal. If you must have alcohol then a light ale drink like cold beer would be good. If you prefer wine then go for a light wine punch. Fine wine, particularly dry wines are not very good with Indian food.

The best drink to accompany any spicy and delicious indian food is mango juice or you can just sip rose flavored syrup with crushed ice.

Friday, July 23, 2010

The Diversity of Asian Food

Eating is one of our basic needs. Besides the fact that the food most of us will be regarded as a passion, and he sees, with some leniency. And the great diversity of people and culture there is such a variety of foods and dishes as well as supply out there to get the palace. Well, because life offers endless possibilities, there is no reason why you should miss out on food and cuisine, each region has to offer on earth to enjoy.

One of the more exotic dishes are available, the Asian cuisine. Asian cuisine in all its color and taste, is always popular and highly appreciated by many Westerners. If the food on the American continent and Europe, Asian food tends characterized by their diversity. The vast majority of Asian countries offer many varieties of foods that are very different from each other. Indian food, for example, to try a wide range of culinary specialties to sample more than life, even for a Food Lover taken it all and enjoy. On the other hand, their own northern India has to offer exquisite examples of Asian cuisine, while South India offers a whole lot more. Do not underestimate the North-East India, and some examples of truly Asian food in abundance. In fact they offer a combination of Burma, Bhutan and Bangladesh food. In addition, western India has never been delayed by carving out a name in the annals of Asian cuisine.

Well, we go a little further in Asia. There is another Asian nation, Singapore, known as a hub for authentic Asian cuisine. An infinite variety of cuisines from different parts of Asia here. There is an authentic Thai cuisine, Chinese cuisine, food, or Nonya cooking world last great mystery. There is also the Peranakan food, which is unique in the strait.

What about the Far East? What can we take? This is the best example is for Asian cooking - is none other than Japanese and Korean cuisine. With regard to Asian cuisine goes, as a genre, Japanese and Korean cuisine has redefined the genre. Why? Asian cuisine is mainly based on rice, is not it? But as you observed, a large majority are Japanese, Korean and Chinese dishes to use in their pasta dishes instead of rice. Another thing is to cook Asian cuisine. But what do you say about Sushi? It is probably by far the most popular food in Asia that is eaten raw.

In fact, any country in Asia to its own unique cuisine, very different, even the kitchen surrounding areas. Food in Asia can not therefore be regarded as a classification of convenience, since these different cuisines are not otherwise classifiable. No wonder why there was an increasing number of fans and consumers of delicious, delicious Asian food.

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