Indian recipes - blend of spices and cooking styles

Indian cuisine is totally unique and different in taste and cooking styles as compared with the rest of the world. It shows great combination of different cultures. India is land of vast cultures and civilizations and that is reflected through its cuisine.

In fact, Indian recipes are mostly known for its spiciness. Spices are essential part of all the Indian recipes. Well, it is very important to note that every single spice consumed in Indian recipes carries some nutritional and medicinal properties. Every Indian state has its own unique style of preparing recipes. Special Indian recipes are prepared for different occasions and festivals.  

Rather Indian cuisine is well known for delicious gravies. Gravy includes chilies, nuts and saffron. Both vegetarian and non vegetarian recipes are important part of Indian cuisine. In fact, food is categorized into six tastes in the Indian cuisine; like sour, salty, spicy, sweetness, astringent and bitterness. Generally spices are included in the Indian recipes for their flavor and medicinal values.     

Traditionally, groundnut oil is mostly used for cooking in West and North India, while mustard oil is used in Eastern India and Coconut oil is used in the South India. In the recent past decades, Soya oil and sunflower oil have gained more popularity throughout India. South Indian recipes are based on rice, curry powder and coconut oil. In fact, Indian food is considered to be incomplete without deserts and sweets.    

Diversity and Features of the Indian Cooking

Indian cooking has gained immense popularity all around the world. In every corner of the world, you can easily find in fine Indian restaurants offering delicious Indian recipes.  

Generally, Indian recipes are made with the help of special spices like cumin, cardamom, turmeric, chilies, coriander etc. Rather, Indian cooking is excellent blend of spices to prepare a dish with some special flavor.  Just small amount of spices are required to make a unique dish. Too many spices used in the recipe may spoil its texture and flavor. Some quality web sites are available that offer preparing and presentation style of great Indian recipes.

Good handy tips are provided by these sites that are really useful in the kitchen. Wide range of cultures and religions available in India add great diversity to the Indian cooking. Mostly all the Indian spices have some medicinal values. Clove offers best medicinal remedy against digestion and toothache. Ginger is best against cold and cough. Fenugreek leaves are best for the treatment of indigestion. In fact, all the Indian recipes offer great delicious taste and medicinal value. 

Same ingredients and spices are used in Indian cooking styles in different styles. Every Indian cooking style has its own special signature. Ghee or butter is used in abundance in the Punjabi cooking style. Indian restaurants established in different part of the world have attracted wide range of customers due to delicious food and great taste offered by them.