1 Likes | 16 Views | Sep 12, 2024 India is a vast# country.It has many states.Each state is
unique in its# traditions and very importantly in
food curries.Food is still a very important activity
of #woman in India .Food #diversity in India is absolutely
mind-boggling so is Indian curries.
I am fond of cooking.Being chemistry teacher I enjoy making
my own recepies and I also do try them as and when I get
time. We Indian make different type of curries.We friends
some time do discuss different curries, different curries
or #gravies in our Indian cooking methods..My friend Asha
wanted me to write number of different curries
in form of little #article so that she could send the same
to her daughter living in #USA. I wrote short summary
of different Indian curries.My submission is following
The #Western and outside world thinks Indian curry is
just one #reddish oily one, either it is veg or# nonveg.
But it is not so. We have the following types of curries,
depending on the main# ingredients.Few I am listing below.
1.Regular ground onion, red chillies, tomato curry..
Like in chicken curry
2.Mashed lentils (dhals) chilly powder, tamarind gravy
.. Like in #sambaar
3.Plain mashed dhal with red chillies and ghee…
as in# dhal tadka
4.Onion, green chillies, tomato curry.. Tomato gravy
for rice and# chapathis
5.Onion, chilly powder, tomato curry..
Like in potato -# peas gravy
6.Onion, chilly powder, tamarind curry..
As in Chennai dish# kara kuzhambu or Madras spicy red gravy
7.Onion, green chillies, coconut paste curry..
Like in# kurumas, Kerala gravies
8.Red chillies, tamarind, coconut curry..
Like# Mangalore gravies
9.Onion, chillies, cashew/almond paste,/cream curry..
Like #Lucknowy and Kashmiri curries
10.Bengal gram green chillies ground together with curd added
last…#Tamil butter milk gravy
11.Bengal gram powder, curd, green chillies curry…
As in # Punjabi kadi
12.Onion, black pepper and tamarind curry..
Milagu kozhambu..#Tamilian pepper gravy,
Moral of Story-Friends We need one chilly/ pepper type,
one base and one #sour balancer or sweet balancer.
The base can be onion,cooked dhal, #bengal gram paste,
ground coconut,tomato, curds, tamarind,
fresh cream, almond or cashew or# poppy seeds.
Sukarma Thareja
Alumnus IITK
India
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