Traditional food, the taste of India

Nov 27
08:47

2012

Jenny Jonson

Jenny Jonson

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People in India love to eat! With the blend of culture that one sees here, it comes as no surprise that the food here is influenced by it as well. Each country is known by its traditional food, but India doesn’t have just one.

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People in India love to eat! With the blend of culture that one sees here,Traditional food, the taste of India  Articles it comes as no surprise that the food here is influenced by it as well. Each country is known by its traditional food, but India doesn’t have just one. Each region in this country has its own traditions when it comes to food. The Indian restaurants in India and abroad help you to taste flavours of each region.

Food preparations that have been followed since our ancestors are called food influenced by customs. The type of preparations, the spices and ingredients used etc are all what is influenced by the ideas of ancestors as well the culture present there. The food that our ancestors consumed was unprocessed and naturally raised. Due to industrialization this has changed and the food that we now find in restaurants is actually a blend of the old and new trends from the culinary world.

Why should you consume this food?

The best kind of food is the one that has been consumed by generations before you.  Each person’s body constitution is based on hereditary factors as well the eating habits of the generations before. The food that has been consumed so far is influenced by different aspects of the region. For example, food consumed in a cold region is different from that consumed in hot region. Therefore your body too should be given food that it can take it without messing up the internal system. Look at our ancestors; did they ever have any lifestyle related illnesses? You would say that your ancestors did not lead such a stressful life. True. But they had more hardships than we did. They didn’t even have the luxuries that we have now. But they led a healthy life because they eat simple traditional meals. Natural and unprocessed foods include high quantity of nutrients than the refined ones.

The restaurant scenario today

The food industry is flourishing. The existing restaurateurs are coming up with more restaurants while there are new ones getting into the industry. All are striving for just one thing that is to provide high quality food to the customers so that they are satisfied and happy.

Health and diet

Times are changing and people are becoming health conscious. They want tasty food but they want it cooked the healthy way. Even when you visit a nutritionist, they would suggest that you to stick to good old ways of cooking. The diets with western influence do exist but on a smaller scale. Nutritionists now recommend typical home cooked food than just the soups and salads. An Indian meal typically includes roti, sabzi, dal and rice. This has been consumer for years now. This is also something that the body is used to. Tampering with this is like giving wrong medicines to a sick patient. There is no chance of complete recovery. 

As you can see consuming traditional food is extremely beneficial for a healthy body. But with the influence of the west, these benefits we lost somewhere. Thanks to the recent studies related to diet and health, the importance of these foods is known to people and they are adopting the good old ways again. No wonder the popularity of Indian restaurants have increased.

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