Indian kitchen

Indian kitchen includes a wide variety of regional cuisines of India. They are influenced by spices, herbs, fruits and vegetables found in every region of the country but also by religion and history.
Thus, vegetarianism is widespread in Indian society, often the result of a religious precept Hindu or Jain. Consumption of beef or pork is limited by the prohibitions of Hinduism and Islam. Indian cuisine is influenced by interactions with Persia and the European presence in the subcontinent.
Indian cuisine has spread throughout the world with the migration of Indians, especially in the Indian Ocean, Europe, North America and the Caribbean where it has been enriched by new contributions.

The main ingredients :

Spices are of great importance in Indian cuisine. Many casseroles are made ​​from masala, a spice mixture that characterizes each recipe and often called curry or curry (in fact, the word curry comes from a Tamil word meaning "sauce, support for rice ").

curcuma or safran of India

safran

cardamome produced in Kerala

gingembre fresh or powdered

coriandre in seed, powder or fresh

nutmeg and her envelope and mace

seeds of pavot

fenugrec

spice

cumin in granular or powder

cannelle in powder or stick

clove, pepper, whole or ground,

mustard seeds,

anis and the badiane (ou anis étoilé),

nigella or onion seeds,

seeds of fenouil,

feuilles of curry or cari patta,

laurier,

assa-foetida,

tamarin 

These spices are often used as a mixture (masala), for example:

garam masala, often using cardamom, cinnamon and clove as a base, with regional variations, to prepare some meat and vegetarian dishes;

Panch phoran using mustard seeds, cumin, fenugreek, anise and cumin, as the basis of vegetarian and fish the Bengali mustard oil.

Other ingredients: cashews, coconut, coconut milk, pistachios, garlic, onion, almonds, pomegranate seeds, dried mint, rose water, the sesame seeds.

The kitchen includes mainly non-vegetarian chicken, mutton, fish. Because of religious prohibitions, beef and pork are slightly cooked.