Common Indian Cooking Styles

Welcome to the food paradise! India is a land of varied tastes and flavours with the flavours that vary with different cultures and regions. Many might not know this but the country has some 35% of the people that are strictly vegetarians and there are roughly 30% that are regular meat eaters, states the top North Indian restaurant in Delhi.

It might be interesting to note that the tastes and preferences vary highly with the changing geographies along with the climatic conditions. With such an immersive variety that the Indian food offers, it in fact is imperative to have a look at the common cooking styles that Indians have:

-Roasting Dry Spices

Spices such as garam masala, ground cumin, coriander seeds and other curry spices are roasted dry in a frying pan. This is one of the common practices when preparing north Indian cuisine in Delhi or any household. Once the frying pan or the iron girdle is preheated on a medium flame, the spices are added and are continuously stirred until the spices turn a few shades darker.

-Adding Seasoning to the Dals (cereals)

Commonly known as tarka, some oil (ghee) is added to a pan followed by masalas like mustard seeds, cumin, chopped onion and garlic, chillies and heeng (asafoetida). Then these are cooked and stirred for some one minute until the mustard seeds start popping.

-Grinding Masalas

It is one of the ways we store our spices. We use a coffee grinder or a specific spice grinder to powder spices like garam masala, turmeric and red chillies amongst others, explains a top North Indian restaurant Dhaba By Claridges. 

-Cooking in Tandoors

Exclusive and unique to Indian cooking is tandoori cooking style. Now that meat, seafood and chicken is cooked in Tandoors, tandoor cooking has become a significant style of cooking.

Instant and Healthy Lunch Ideas

Lunch, nutritionists say is a very essential part of your daily diet routine and keeps you energy-packed till dinner. Several reports point towards the fact that skipping lunch is especially a bad idea when you are trying too hard to ensure nutrition and right amount of calories in your diet.

Lunches are made to make your taste buds dance, remarks quirkily the best restaurants in Delhi for lunch. Many believe that you get to have delicacies only at the cost of unwanted calories. However that’s really not true!

Helping you with some of the finest and super-delicious lunches, here are some healthy lunch ideas:

Chicken Salad Pita
Imagine a wheat pita stuffed with chopped chicken breast, made more nutritious with grated apple and greek yoghurt. Coming with an exact calorie count of 344, the greek yoghurt makes the recipe both delicious and high in nutrition. Rich in Calcium and Vitamin, the recipe is surely is a must have on any given day, says the best restaurant for food delivery in Saket.

Green Club Sandwich
As green as the plate sounds, it has all the goodness of green vegetables. You can prepare it using rye toast or wholegrain. Abundant in fibre, the dish is a nice change from the usual vegetarian salad while restoring all the nutritional value. Avocado, rocket leaves, cherry tomatoes along with ready-made humus goes into preparing this quick and healthy recipe.

Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Pate
Comes with a calorie count of as low as 200, it is a splash of refreshment and energy in between the day, says a chef from the best restaurant in Delhi for lunch. Prepared with ingredients like smoked paprika, olive oil, diced sweet potatoes, sodium vegetable stock and red wine vinegar along with pita bread, it is a high in proteins and low in fat recipe. Fit to satisfy all time hunger pangs, it is also beneficial for treating diabetes and obesity.