The main reason why Indian recipes taste great is that they are cooked and served with love. As India is a vast country different types of people belonging to different ethnicities and cultures cook different types of food items and so the Indian recipes are endless. Yet each one of them has their own taste and flavor that will remain on your taste buds for hours together. They are not only tasty but also colorful and attractive.

The Indian recipes are broadly classified into vegetarian recipe, non-vegetarian recipe, South Indian food, North Indian food, snacks, desserts, sweets, salads, etc. They could be further divided into rice recipes, curry recipes, koottu recipes, kebab recipes, chutney recipes, dosa recipes, roti recipes, sandwich recipes, soup recipes, mughlai recipes, chicken recipes, red meat recipes, mushroom recipes, paneer recipes, etc. There are some easy Indian recipes for the starters like egg dishes, rice varieties, kichadi, etc. Sweets have an important place in the Indian recipe classification. The typical Indian sweets like laddu, jilebi, boondhi, milk peda, rasagulla, gulab jamoon, basanthi, chandrakala, etc. are savored during special occasions and festival times.

Before you start to prepare any of the Indian recipes you must have some basic products at hand. Only if you have the necessary Indian utensils you can make certain types of dishes. To make dosa you need tawa if possible non-stick tawa to make it. And if you want to make idli you need special idli pan and for paniyaram special paniyaram pan with holes. To make tandoori items you need tandoori stove. Only if you have these items in your kitchen you can enjoy the traditional taste, shape and flavor of these dishes.

The Indian recipes need the basic pantry ready in hand. Those who are making their kitchen for the first time should equip it with the oils, spices, condiments, staples and other essentials. You must have rice, Bengal gram, dry chilly, spices, turmeric powder, mustard, fenugreek, urid dhal, corn flour, maida, wheat flour, salt, pepper, chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala, baking soda, asafetida, essence items like vanilla essence, rose essence, pineapple essence, kewra essence, etc., tamarind, pepper, cumin seeds, sauce varieties, ginger, garlic, onion, vinegar, coffee powder, sugar, pappad, cooking oil, semiya, rava, vegetables like carrots, capsicum, radish, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, curry leaves, coriander leaves, coconut, etc.

The Indian recipes could be divided according to the method of cooking. Kebabs, dry chilly chicken, kaima vada, pappads, bajji, vada, bonda, pakoda and potato chips have to be deep fried in oil. Idli, idiyappam, puttu varieties are steam cooked. Rice is either cooked with pressure cooker or boiled. Potatoes, cakes and puddings have to be baked. Most of the chicken and mutton varieties and fish are roasted in oil. Some are good with microwave method. The method of cooking contributes a lot to the final taste of the Indian recipes. There are a number of cooking tips found online that will help you to master the art of cooking.

Article Posted By : Sumazla  On November 17, 2011lView All Articles

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