Indian cuisine is one of the few ancient cuisines of the world, dating back around 5000 years. Each state and region in the sub-continent has a different set of food staples and dishes. The country is also well known for its vegetarianism.
Indian cuisine can be broadly categorized into 4 different regional cuisines. The cuisines of the Southern states and cities (includes Chennai & Bangalore) has rice as a staple, with dosas and idlis famous as breakfast food. Traditional meals here are served on banana leaves, with many different kinds of rice and side dishes, along with spicy chutneys and sweets and puddings like payasam.
In the West (with Mumbai and Gujarat) the dishes are sweeter and sometimes spicy too. The meal comes in the form of a thali or plate full of side dishes and vegetables, along with the roti flat bread). The spiciness varies in different parts of each of the states in the west, with the Konkan coast in Maharashtra leading the spicewagon on account of its fiery tasting dishes.
To the East (Calcutta) there is a lot less vegetarianism and the region is famed for its fish and seafood dishes. The most popular type of Indian Cuisine is the one from the north (Punjab, New Delhi) which has now spread all over the world. Well known dishes here include Punjabi dishes such as tandoori chicken with nan, paneer, sarson ka saag, lassi, etc.
The food from India’s north, which is common to Pakistan and bears similarities with Pashtun cuisine in Afghanistan and Jammu & Kashmir, is most famously represented in thousands of London curry houses. To be noted that many of the curry dishes and chicken tikka masala, so popular in the UK, are not originally from India. These dishes have been created in the UK for the western palate and usually not found in restaurants in India.
Other morphed varieties of dishes from India can be found in many other places across the world, such as the goat curry in the Caribbean which is very popular in Trinidad & Tobago. There’s also Cape Malay Curry in South Africa, which is now sweet and fruity after having traveled from India to South Africa via Malaysia. Many such variations have been adapted by countries all over the world.
Visitors in India will find most restaurants serving food that is typical to the region, as explained above. Visitors attempting to taste Indian food in their own towns in the US or Europe will like as not end up in a Punjabi restaurant offering tandoori dishes or curry. But there’s a lot more to it than curry, and the difference can only be understood by taking the trouble to find restaurants from all the different regions.
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