Indian foods offer a range of culinary delights as its rich and diverse cuisines. Each India region has its own unique cooking style and comprises many difference cultures and religious. While cream, yoghurt, ghee and nuts are featured in the north, then from the south favors in chilies, coconut and coconut oil. Fish and mustard oil predominate in the east while the west has incorporated the greatest number of foreign ingredients.

The main groups are Hindus and Muslims, within each of which are smaller sects, the Parsees and the Christians. For example the people from the north which is a wheat growing area, prefer Indian breads such as chapattis or parathas as their stable. The southerners, which is rice growing placed, take rice as their major accompaniment. Muslims for its religious reason, they do not eat pig, which is considered unclean. Hindus are forbidden to eat beef, because the cow is considered as sacred animal.

Almost all the Indian recipes contain spices, but not all Indian cuisines require a wide range of spices, some just need two or three types of spice. However if you like Indian food and are likely to be cooking, it is advisable to buy a basic range of spices for your own convenience, and then build up gradually as you start to try others. Spices have played a major influence in Indian lives. Not just exotic and aromatic spices give a pleasure in enjoyment of food, but sweeten the rooms as well as our bodies. With so many spices now readily available, cooking can be a great adventure that will transport you to any part of the world that takes you to fancy.

By: Ong Koksoo

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