3. INTRODUCTION – INDIAN FOOD
Indian cuisine is full of colours,
aromas and flavours.
Each dish smells with cumin, cloves,
cinnamon, ginger, saffron and nutmeg.
Indian cuisine is based on matching
opposite flavours, such as hot and
sweet tastes
Indian Cuisine are of 4 types
North – Muslim cuisine
South – Madras cuisine
West – Bombay cuisine and Goa
East – Bengal cuisine
4. WESTERN FOOD
Western cuisine is very colour
full but no aroma or flavours in it.
Western foods will not vary and
only few dishes have distinct
flavours.
Western cuisine are of;
•North America
•Latin America
•Australia
•Russia
•Other European countries
5. COMPARISON BETWEEN INDIAN AND WESTERN
FOOD
Indian
Food
Indian food is more spicy
Varieties of Indian food are
usually made up from meat
and fish to about a hundred
different
kinds
of
vegetables, wheat, pulses,
rice and abundant spices.
Western
food
Western food is not spicy
predominant ingredients in
European cuisine are meat,
pastry,
pasta
and
potatoes.re spicy
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Indian people have end number of
food options
Indian food is popular among
indians as well as among foreigners
and across the world
One can literally count on fingertips
the staple dishes eaten by any
European countries.
Western food is popular among
European countries but not among
the indians
Bread
Food is eaten with spoon and fork
staples of rice
Food is usually eaten with your
bare hands, on banana leaves, at
homes
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Indian cuisines, however, do
precisely the contrary, avoiding
ingredients that share the
same flavour compounds.
Health – Any health expert will
tell you that the nutritional
value of a wholesome Indian
meal (daal, rice, vegetables,
yoghurt and chapattis)
Western cuisines have a
tendency to pair ingredients
that share many of the same
flavor compounds
Western food is very caloric
and difficult to digest and that
is why wetstern cuisine is
thought to be fat, unhealthy
and not diversified enough.
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Flavours vary hugely from
region to region and are
distinct.
Western foods will not vary
and only few dishes have
distinct flavours
Indian food hasn’t been as
easily influenced by foreign
cultures as food elsewhere
In Britain for instance, curry,
Chinese and sushi have now
become as much a part of
daily life as mash and
sausages.