Restaurants, bars, food festivals in India

Restaurants, bars, food festivals in India

Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 10 янв 2015, 01:31

Nutrition in India is characterized by the fact that the food found here is not a problem - every step of outdoor cafes and snack bars, but not everywhere here you can find the usual European food (local food, which adds a lot of hot spices, can not stand each stomach). Therefore, it is advisable to ask local schools to serving you without spices.
Food in India

Hindus make up the diet of cereal grains, rice, legumes, vegetables, fruit, yogurt. Most Hindus do not eat meat, but some of them eat poultry, mutton and goat meat, and residents of coastal areas - fish and seafood (shrimp, oysters, squid, lobster).

Depending on the region visit, you will realize that the kitchen of different Indian regions are very different from each other. So, betting on North Indian cuisine, you can taste kofta (minced meat balls); rice dishes; tandoori (chicken cooked in a clay pot); kebab (grilled meat), and for dessert - rasmalai (cheese balls with condensed milk), jalebi (pretzel spiral shape, drizzled with sugar syrup).

As for South Indian food (it is based on vegetarian dishes), worth a try idli (pie with rice and lentils), dosa (crispy pancakes stuffed with potatoes), sambhar (rice with curry).
Where to eat in India? At your service:

bhodzhanalai and dhaba (in these cheap Indian fast food you can enjoy a simple meal, like lentil soup and vegetable curry);
Indian restaurants (they are divided into vegetarian and non-vegetarian);
Restaurant Suite (here you can enjoy the classic Indian dishes the best quality, so they, by Indian standards, very expensive);
tourist restaurants (cost of food in them is quite high, and the quality of products is often poor);
places where you can enjoy international cuisine fast food such as burgers (no beef), pizza or bhaji (fried vegetable patties based on chick-pea flour).

Drinks in India

A popular drink in India are tea (often it add cardamom and ginger), coffee, fruit drinks (mango, lemon, apple, guayyavovye), sugar cane juice, lassi (this drink is prepared them whipped yogurt with the addition of a sugar or salt, or fruits), beer, toddy (palm wine).

In India, you can buy scotch (Seagram's Hundred) and Indian rum, which taste quite sweet and kind.
Gastronomic tour to India

Gastronomic tour to India - this is a great opportunity to visit the gourmet restaurants, offering its guests a taste national dishes. Gourmets will certainly appreciate the meat and vegetarian dishes, characterized by an unexpected combination of flavors and lots of spices.

Hotels in India, do not buy food from street vendors (they are not familiar with the rules of storage products) - try to eat in the institutions favored by Europeans.
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Re: Restaurants, bars, food festivals in India

Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 10 янв 2015, 01:34

Drinks India


Original and colorful India seems to come here for the first time traveler infinite oriental tale in which all want to know, see and try. Its natural attractions compete with architectural masterpieces, and Indian cuisine and drinks are exotic, even for those who have a wealth of experience of tourist trips to Asia.
alcohol India

Alcoholic beverages in India, contrary to popular opinion, and produce and consume almost all states. The only exceptions are a few of them, and therefore carry with them a large amount of alcohol is no need. Customs instructs tourists to carry no more than 0.95 liters of alcohol for personal use. All the rest have to buy on the spot, the more alcohol in India is varied and inexpensive. Liter of local rum worth as of 2014 no more than $ 5-7 depending on the region and the level of the supermarket.
India's national drink

Hindus do not particularly consume alcohol, but because India's national drink - not rum or beer. They believe the traditional masala tea, which guests are sure to be offered in every home, cafe or shop. This special drink made from black tea, milk and spices, the main of which is the ginger. Masala Chai surprisingly restores strength, energizes, refreshes memory and makes every moment of life meaningful and important. His cook every Hindu and, despite some differences in recipes effect after drinking a cup of tea masala comes the same: the energy and improves mood. And please submit masala tea Indians perceived very positively. They are beginning to feel special respect and appreciation to the guest, who wishes to try it this national drink of India.
Alcoholic beverages India

The country can buy or order in a restaurant almost all kinds of alcohol. Uniform recommendations do not exist and the choice depends only on the personal preferences. One only has to look out for drinks with ice, without being sure of the quality of water, from which it is made. In addition, the country's laws prohibit the use of alcohol on the streets and in other public places.
Alcoholic beverages India recommended seasoned travelers:

Old Monk - sort of local rum made from sugar cane.
Aristocrat - whiskey in the triangular shape of the bottle.
Sula - grape wine produced in the south.
Kingfisher - cheap beer with a very special taste.


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Dishes of India

Tasty and healthy food, many associated with Indian food. The kitchen of this country has long enjoyed a gourmet attention and those who are watching their diet. Indian dishes are based on recipes that are perceived by Europeans as exotic. The main focus Indians do on a vegetarian diet.
The main ingredients of dishes

Set of dishes made from legumes and vegetables. Designate such food as subji. Dishes necessarily fill with traditional spices. For the local population is of particular importance in Fig. He is involved in many dishes, among which the most popular is considered thali. This rice cake, which often eat with curry. Last name implies refried beans or vegetables with meat, as well as without it. Thanks to this savory meat, curry became known as a blend of aromatic spices and plants on the basis of turmeric.
Curry is a mixture of the most popular in India. It comprises nutmeg, red and black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, fennel, saffron and other components. Indian cuisine is largely limited to religion. In this case, the Indians did not feel the need to change something in their customs. They honor their traditions, which have remained unchanged for many centuries. In Hinduism sacred animals are the cow and bull. Their meat is strictly forbidden to take food. Indian Muslims also adhere to this rule. Hindus do not eat eggs, regarding them as the beginning of all life and a symbol of the earth. Meals of India prepared mainly of rice, vegetables, peas, lentils and corn. Pilaf is a very popular food. It is made with vegetables, beans, add vegetable oil.
The kitchen north-western regions of the country affected by Islamic traditions. Therefore, there are the national dish of chicken tandoori. In Indian cuisine, Punjabi and Kashmiri different direction. In Punjabi dishes used beef. Many dishes are prepared with meat there. For example, lamb casseroles, pork tandoori chops with spices, grilled and others. The Indian national dishes sure to do with garlic, onions and peppers.
Sweet and Beverage

Desserts in India is very diverse. Cooks prepare balls in flavored syrup - Gulab jamun, pudding with lavender - vattilappam. By sweet table served coconuts, pistachios and almonds. From drinks Indians prefer tea. It is usually strong and drink the milk. Coffee in the country no less popular. This drink is made oriental, adding to the flavor rose essence.

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Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 19 июл 2015, 14:05

Cooking India

Cuisine of India - a different culinary traditions, recipes and dishes that differ from region to region.
National Cuisine of India

Despite the fact that widespread in the country got vegetarian dishes for the preparation of many traditional dishes using poultry and mutton. Equally important ingredients of Indian cuisine is the wheat, rice, vegetables and legumes. Hallmark Indian chefs are spices: cooking is complete without the use of cloves, saffron, ginger, nutmeg, asafoetida and others.

In North India, the dishes are prepared mostly in the tandoor (clay oven) prepared in this way, for example, kebabs of lamb, leg of lamb, chicken. In Central India, popular vegetable dishes (dumplings lentils, vegetables in batter); West Indian - seafood as lobsters, crabs, squid, which is fried or grilled (try "Mylan" - shrimp curry with coconut). As for the cuisine of South India, it is, for example, in Bengal common dish of beans (mung beans, Turkish peas, red lentils), and virtually no meal is complete without chutney (sauce of fruits and vegetables with spices and sugar).

Popular Indian cuisine:

"Biryani" (Indian pilau rice-based, chicken or lamb in orange sauce);
"Mahanvala" (a dish of chicken with butter sauce);
"Dahi maach" (fish dish with curry, ginger and yoghurt);
"Dhal" (soup with coconut milk and curry, beans and lemon juice).
"Firni" (a rice pudding with pistachios, raisins and almonds).

Where to try the national cuisine?

Visitors to Indian restaurants should be prepared for the fact that the local dishes are divided into sredneostrye, not sharp and acute (if you are not interested in eating spicy foods, tell when ordering "know spice").

In Delhi, worth a visit "Naivedyam" (a restaurant specializing in vegetarian Indian cuisine, where a meal usually begins with a traditional soup with pepper and other spices) or the "Kandahar" (in this institution offer to taste the real lamb samosa and attend concerts of traditional Indian music ), and in Mumbai - "Leopold Cafe" (order here stew stewed vegetables with spices, which serves rice, the average score - less than $ 20), or "Trishna" (specialty restaurants - South Indian cuisine).
Cooking classes in India

In Delhi, you can learn how to cook lamb in a thick spicy sauce cooking classes by visiting the restaurant "Chor Bizzare Restaurant" (before you start your meal, you will be offered to perform the ritual washing of hands in the jar, but by its end - thank God for the food) .

Gourmets are recommended to come to India during the International Food Festival "IFOWS" (Delhi, January).
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