Traditional Indian Food Recipes

Traditional Indian Food - North, South, East and West

To many people, the first thing come up in their mind about Indian food will be all about curry. In fact, Indian cuisines is so enormous that until many of us are not aware what to have for Indian Food, but rather just curry and curry. Authentic and traditional Indian foods are developed and passed down from centuries, traditionally cooked by the Indian ancestor.  Some recipes are accidentally created by mixing some spices together unintentionally.

1. North Indian Food - Uniqueness in taking Roti, Tosai, and Parathas that goes well with dal. Milk and dairy products are also their main food and ingredients for curry cooking. Example, milk, paneer, yogurt, ghee, lassi and others. Majority of the dishes are a bit oily.

2. South Indian Food - Main diet is always go with rice or food made from rice. The most distinct different is the heavy use of all sort of hot and strong flavor spices. It also uses a lot of coconut milk or grated coconut in all the dishes. Also to add in more flavor, sambar, rasam, curd and pickles will go with the main dishes. The dishes are less oily as compare to North Indian food as usually it is slightly fried, steam, think curries.

3. East Indian Food - It is most famous of desserts. Secondly is the anything related to fish dishes. Same as South Indian food, rice is their main diet.

4. West Indian Food - It has wide variety of foods, but has not much vegetables due to the geographical location and weather, which like a desert. Sugar is heavily used in all dishes. Less oil use in all food, steam and roasted foods is their main diet.

Indian Food Spices

Spices is the spirit in every Indian food cooking. It is unlike the western way of Indian food making where using same curry powder for every dish, the authentic and traditional Indian cook prepare and select special spices and herb to improve, or bring out the best flavor of the main ingredients. Example, cloves and cardamom will have special tasty effect with mutton, where fenugreek is very important for any fish curry. So make sure the appropriate spices is used for certain type of main dish ingredients. This need experience and exposure to be an expert in Indian spice use.

Here is list of Traditional Indian sauces and accompaniments:

1.Indian Lentils or Dhall	2.Special Indian Fresh Mint Chutney
3.Crispy Savory Biscuits or Pakoras	4.Indian Avial
5.Traditional Pepper Water or Rasam	6.Indian Sweet Tomato Chutney
7.Authentic Uppuma or Savory Semolina	8.Indian Spiced Tea

Here is list of Vegetable recipes:

1.Stuffed Brinjals	2.Indian Saag
3.Bhendi Bhaji	4.Vegetable Fritters or Pakoras
5.Unique Snake Gourd Kootu	6.Traditional Samosas
7.Hot & Spiced Yellow Pumpkin or Sagoo	8.Potatoes & Spinach Stir Fry
9.Palak Ka Saag	10.Chick Pea Curry
11.Vegetable Stew	12.Pumpkin Kootu

Here is list of Seafood recipes:

1.Spicy Prawn & Brinjal Curry

2. Mixed Vegetable & Prawn Curry

Here is list of Authentic Indian Rice & Breads:

1.Indian Roti Canai or Canai Bread	2.Traditional Pea Pulau
3.Indian Chapatis	4.Indian Idli or Steamed Rice Cakes
5.Indian Appam or Hoppers	6.Traditional Puri
7.Mix Vegetables Biryani	8.Traditional Chicken Biryani
9.Indian Paratha

Here is list of Meat & Poultry recipes:

1.Authentic Meatball Curry	2.Special Spiced Mutton
3.Fragrant Curry with Minced Meat and Potato	4.Indian Curry Mutton with Drumstick
5.Indian Minced Lamb or Mutton	6.North Indian Meat & Tomato Curry
7.Great Madras Stick Curry	8.Original Shami Kebabs
9.North Indian Mirch Ka Salam	10.Superb Hot Beef Curry
11.Fry Masala	12.Special Jhal Farazi
13.Traditional Seek Kebabs	14.Authentic Pork Curry
15.Hot & Spicy Meat Curry	16.Unique Pork Vindaloo
17.Potato Curry with Mutton	18.Simple & Easy Mutton Curry
19.Traditional Mutton Korma	20.Just A Lamb Curry
21.Yoghurt Mutton & Dhall Curry	22.Simple Liver Curry
23.Hot & Spiced Mutton Chops	24.Special Indian Shish Kebabs
25.Autenthic Chicken Tikka	26.Chicken Goulash
27.Chicken Masala	28.Chicken Pasandh
29.Dry and Spicy Chicken Curry	30.Traditional Pahari Chicken
31.South Indian Chicken Curry	32.Indian Cummin Chicken
33.Hot & Spicy Fried Chicken	34.Authentic Spiced Chicken
35.North Indian Dry Chicken Curry	36.Dry Fried Chicken
37.Simple and Easy Egg Curry	38.Authentic Duck Masala
39.Yoghurt Curry with Chicken

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