hello, my name is Amy and this is my blog on the geography of Indian cuisine.


India is the largest producer of spices in the world, 70% of all the world’s spices come from India.


Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods are popular, India has the world’s lowest meat consumption. Seafood is common in the coastal region of the state.


Rice is the staple food eaten with lentil preparations like dal, sambar and spicy vegetables or curries. Rice is cooked in a wide variety of forms. One of the most popular rice dishes is Biryani which is spicy, aromatic and full of flavour. Staple ingredients of Indian cuisine like tomato, potato and chilli don't have Indian origin. They were brought to India by the Portuguese.


A famous side dish for Indian cuisine is bread, different varieties of Indian bread include: Chapati, Phulka, Puri, Roti, Thepla, Paratha, Naan, Bhatoora, Baqar Khani, Appam, Dosa, Luchi, Puran Poli, Pathiri, Parotta and many more. Some other staple foods of Indian cuisine include pearl millet, rice, whole-wheat flour, and a variety of lentils, such as masoor (often red lentils), toor, urad, and moong.

According to Indian cuisine, there are six different tastes: sweet, sour, salty, spicy, bitter, and astringent. An Indian meal is a well balanced combination of all the six tastes. Often one or two of them will stand out, but one dish won't contain all six. Some most famous spices are: Cardamom,  Clove, Black pepper, Cumin, Turmeric and Coriander.