Flavours Of India

Authentic Indian food today ranks among the famous cuisines of the world from places like France, Italy, Japan, China and others. Tradition of Indian cooking is counted among the great culinary traditions in the world. The cuisines reflect the many different cultures of the place with tremendous diversity. Yet the style of cooking shows some unique bond which every region share. Whether you talk of the exquisite vegetarian dishes or the rich and flavored non-vegetarian dishes, you have the concoction of different types of ingredients, spices and flavors.

Each region of India has its own specialty which is inspired by race, history, religion and geography. For instance, the Rajasthan cuisines make use of more milk and milk products than water due to scarcity of water in the place. The Punjabi food reflects the vibrant culture of the place, the tradition of people who love variety and want food filled with not only nutritious ingredients but also some amount of love by which they are prepared.

The secret of Indian style of cooking is the use of spices. Always being hot filled with chilly varieties, spices Indian food is also a complement for the blend of sauces that are used while preparing the recipes. The tradition of Indian cooking is an art and you would have great experience in cooking Indian food. Right from planning your recipe to collection of ingredients in right amount to blending of spices, simmering, steaming and stirring, the cooking is an activity that would enjoy the most.

The good thing about Indian cooking is that it is neither complex nor confusing. You don’t have to work too hard to prepare them. Just you need some patience preparing the spice blend and collect some ingredients for them. You have to be very specific while you cook Indian food for the real taste. For example you must use coconut oil for South Indian dishes to get the real taste and pure mustard oil to get the flavor of Bengal and East.

The traditions of Indian cooking have seen both vegetarian and non-vegetarian style of cooking. There are some recipes or dishes which require not a contemporary roaster or micro-woven, but the burning coal or a perfect fire place to roast them. For instance you can prepare tandori chicken in a woven but the taste of it roasted in a hearth has a different feeling.

Indian cooking thus involves all types of cooking- frying, boiling, steaming, roasting and low steam frying. There are few recipes where banana leaves are used to steam meat and fishes. Your mouth would just water while you see them prepared!

It is often repeated that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A hearty breakfast is the secret to glowing looks and bountiful energy throughout the day. Yet, so many children and office –goers still leave home without it and weight watchers still feel they can miss out breakfast. Many say, they are not hungry in the morning.

Even if you do not recognize hunger, the body does give out signals that it is low on fuel, getting near to ground level. Studies of school children aged nine to eleven shows that those who skipped breakfast have a slower reaction time and more muscle fatigue, low energy levels in school sports. Their average scores are lower on written tests, compared to breakfast eaters. They may look indolent and sluggish to the teacher in comparison to their other classmates who had proper breakfast because they haven’t had the protein that really wakes up the brain.

Office goers who pass over breakfast are usually big consumers of office tea and coffee-a means of staying alert and suppressing hunger. Adult breakfast –skippers may have trouble concentrating on work ,keeping themselves focused on their job task thereby showing lower work output on their job front. They are also likely to be petulant, gouchy and impatient and annoyed at work which can be easily visible through their working styles and patterns even if given a loose view, along with clock watching frequently for lunch hour.

After an overnight fast, the blood sugar level drops. Strangely it needs protein not sugar to build it up again. Fatigue, anxiety, forgetfulness, confusion-all these have been linked to low blood sugar levels, usually caused by hunger. Some nutrients like protein and calcium are better absorbed if they are taken in small quantities; several times a day .best is a good breakfast with protein for alertness and carbohydrates for action. Small amounts of fat and sugar are all right but just enough to tempt the appetite. So before stepping out always remembers that a packed lunch and a big dinner cannot make up for nutrition missed in the morning.