ABOUT SOME POPULAR INDIAN DISHES

INDIAN DISHES

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Indian cuisine consists of various spices, herbs, fruits and vegetables. Indian cuisine consists of a regional and traditional cuisine native to the Indian subcontinent. India is a very large country and it consists of mountains, plateaus and plains. Some places are extremely cold while other places are hot and dry. Because of this, the farmers grow many kinds of food-grains, vegetables and fruits in India.

The two most common food-grains in India are wheat and rice. Indian edibles are delicious and nutritionally balanced. No country uses a wider range of spices in its cuisine than India. Those spices give Indian food its distinctively fragrance and flavor. Here we will discuss about some most commonly used paneer dishes, chicken dishes, and fish dishes also with the main food roti and rice.

ROTI

Roti is a

Roti with Sabji

main edible in India. Most of the people eat roti in their daily meal. Roti consists of fiber, which helps lower blood cholesterol levels, prevents constipation and helps keep our digestive system healthy. People use mainly wheat flour to make roti. The other types of roti are – ragi roti, paratha, kulcha, rumali roti, puri, akki roti, naan, aloo paratha. Roti is often greased with oil or butter or ghee. Sometimes people also add coriander, jira, methi and other ingredients to make the roti more delicious.

RICE

India is

Rice

also known to have cultivated thousands of varieties of rice and majority of people use rice in their meal. Rice consists of a good amount of carbohydrate and more than 15 essential vitamins and minerals. It is a very quick energy source. Brown rice which is whole-grain rice gives health benefits. Rice helps to move waste through the digestive tract and helps lower cholesterol. People eat rice with various ‘sabji’ but they also use rice in biryani, veg-pulao, etc.

DAL

Dal is

Dal

an integral part of Indian meal. People often use potato, bottle gourd to make it more healthy and energetic. Dal is a semi-liquid edible which can be made by various pulses. Dal can be made by different style and every dish gives an exotic flavor with various benefits to our body.

We can categories dal as three forms –

·        Unhulled or sabut (meaning whole in Hindi)

·        Split with hull left on the split halves or chilka (meaning shell in Hindi)

·        Split and hulled or dhuli (meaning washed)

Common dal ingredients are pigeon pea dal, chana dal, mung dal, urad dal, masoor dal etc.

MIXED VEGETABLES

Indian people make various

Mixed vegetable salad

kinds of vegetables in different style. It can be easily made with the daily ingredients of the kitchen. All the vegetables provide important vitamins and minerals to our body and make us healthy. So the people use vegetables dishes in every day meal. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian people use a heavy amount of vegetables in their meals.

PANEER DISHES

Paneer is very famous for the vegetarians as they can replace it with meat or chicken. They make it in very different styles:

SHAHI PANEER

Shahi means

Shahi Paneer

‘royal’ and the soft paneer cooked in the rich and creamy gravy ensures that this edible is nothing less than a true royalty. It is a popular dish of paneer which make with tomatoes, cream and Indian spices.

MUTTER PANEER

Mutter (peas) Paneer

Mutter Paneer

needs a very simple preparation and can be made with the easily available everyday ingredients in the kitchen. It is a most simple delicious dish to cook in a few minutes.

PANEER TIKKA

It is a very

Paneer Tika

crispy cuisine made from chunks of paneer marinated in spices and grilled in a tandoor. Paneer tikka is a vegetarian alternative to chicken tikka and other meat dishes.

KADAI VEGETABLE PANEER

Kadai vegetable

Kadai Vegetable Paneer

paneer is made with mixed vegetable and paneer tossed in onion and tomato gravy base flavoured with freshly ground kadai masala.

MALAI KOFTA

It is a popular

Malai koffta

North Indian dish where crisp fried paneer koftas are served with creamy and delicious malai gravy. The kofta balls are made with paneer, potatoes, spices and herbs and served with a creamy and special tomato based curry.

CHICKEN DISHES

Non-vegetarian people love to eat different style of chicken in India. Some of the mostly popular chicken dishes are –

AMRITSARI CHICKEN MASALA

It is a Punjabi

Chicken Masala

cuisine favorite. Boneless chunks of chicken lathered with a rich, buttery gravy of cream, tomatoes and spices. It is a very popular dish especially during festive season.

CHICKEN LOLLIPOP

It is a desi version

Chicken Lollipop

and usually prepared using the middle segment of the chicken wing or thigh. Its main spicy ingredient is red chili powder. It is also deep fried with bread crumbs.

CHICKEN BIRYANI

Biryani is a mixed

Chicken Biryani

rice dish. Chicken biryani is a savory chicken and rice dish that includes layers of chicken, rice and aromatics that are steamed together. It is consisted with a lot of spices.

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA

It is a dish of chunks

Chicken tikka masala

of roasted marinated chicken in a spiced creamy curry with various Indian spices. The curry is usually creamy and orange-colored. Boneless chicken traditionally baked in a tandoor oven then coated in a creamy tomato sauce.

BUTTER CHICKEN

Butter chicken

Butter Chicken

is also famous as murg makhani. As it is named, the chicken is prepared in makhani (butter) gravy which uses butter and cream in its recipe. It is almost similar to the chicken tikka masala.

FISH DISHES

Fish is a well-balanced source of protein, vitamins and minerals. The various fish dishes are famous in mainly South India as India is surrounded by the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Some popular fish dishes are –

FRIED FISH

Fried fish is a

Fried Fish

delicious and crispy dish. It is easy to cook and gives an exotic flavor of crispy-ness with the rice. You can fry it on mustard oil for its best taste.

FISH CURRY

Assam is famous

Fish Curry

for its fish curry. They make the Rohu (a kind of fish) with spicy and tangy marinade made with Indian fish masalas. It gives a nice fragrance of the spices and a delicious taste of the fleshy fish.

FISH TIKKA

It is a tikka make in tandoor

Fish Tikka

with crispy onion and salmon. It is an alternative of Chicken Tikka or Paneer Tikka. The recipe of making fish tikka is same as chicken tikka.

FISH BIRIYANI

Fish biryani is

Fish Biriyani

a simple dish layered by rice dish made with fish. It is more delightful when you add the chili and herbs as ingredient. 

ROASTED FISH

People beautifully baked

Roasted Fish

various fishes and make a simple and quick dinner and they mainly prefer the fish with lime juice and chili as it gives a great taste with it. In the villages people roast the fish in a banana leaf and it is also scientifically healthy.

Indian dishes and their cuisine are very interesting along with the delicious taste. In this article we just want to give a view about the Indian dishes. We have discussed about only the commonly used dishes; but there are a lot of dishes which we haven’t discussed here. We will try to give the further knowledge about the delicious Indian dishes. Sometimes we forget the taste of our own traditional food, today make your own traditional food and enjoy it with you beloved ones. Stay healthy and Thanks a lot for visiting…