INDIAN CUISINE

Presented byKESHAB SUKHRAJ

DEBI

Historical and Geographical

• India is a country that experienced immigration and intermingling for millennia, therefore India's cuisine has benefitted from numerous food influences has many styles and diversity.

• Religion played major role in Indian cuisine, in over time the population of India embraced vegetarian diet , due to it’s religious practice (They were able to do this due to warm climate in India .)

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• Later in time invasion from (Mostly from Islamic empires, Timurids and Mughal Empire) played another important role in Indian cuisine. Also trading with the British and Portuguese influenced Indian cuisine.

• Islamic rule produced rich gravies, pilafs uses of apricots, melon, peaches, plums and non vegetarian dishes such as kebab. Trading with English and the Portuguese resulted uses of tomato, chili and potato in traditional Indian cuisine.

AppetizerTomato soup $7.99

(French tomato soup with chopped onion)Vegetable Samosa (5 Pc) $9.99

(Seasoning on boiled potatoes and peas in triangular Patty with chutney)Paneer Tikka $12.50

(Marinated homemade cottage cheese Cubes cooked in charcoal oven with red/green pepper)

Chicken Pojaraski $8.99Tandoori Chicken $14.99

(Half of chicken marinated in yoghurt, ginger, garlic and ground masala paste cooked in tandoor)

Main CoursePalak Paneer $9.99

(Fresh spinach puree with paneer a classic North Indian dish)Vegetable Jalfrezi $14.99

(Different type of vegetables cooked with cashew nuts and other valuable stuff)

Butter Chicken $12.99(All time favorite. Boneless strips of tandoori chicken cooked in a delicious

creamy combination of tomatoes and butter sauce)Lamb Rogan Joshes $14.99

(Delicacy from the valley of Kashmir. Lamb pieces cooked with onions and yogurt with a rich flavor of saffron)

Vegetable Biryani $19.99(Mixed vegetables with basmati rice baked with rich saffron flavor, nuts and

raisins)Chicken Biryani $19.99

(Baked casserole of basmati rice and chicken richly flavored with saffron, nuts and raisins)

Rice/BreadsNaan $1.99

(Leavened white flour bread baked in clay oven)Roti $1.50

(Whole wheat bread baked in clay oven)Aloo Paratha $3.50

(Soft bread stuffed with spiced potato)Rice $3.99

(Natural aromatic white rice)

AccompanimentsRaita $3.99

(Whipped yoghurt with freshly grated cucumbers, lightly spiced)Avocado Salad $7.99

(Fresh avocado, tomato and onion chopped into pieces. Lemon juice, Oil, salt and ground black pepper)

Katumber Salad $3.99(Tossed tomato, cucumber, onion, lemon juice and seasoning to your taste)

Desserts

Rice Pudding $7.00(Basmati rice cooked in milk and saffron, cashew nut)

Rasmalai (2 pc) $ 7.99(Spongy homemade cheesecakes in thick, sweeten flavored milk)

Cheese Cake $ 4.99

DrinksLassi $3.75Mango Shake $4.25Juice $2.50

Soft Drink $1.99Chai $1.50

WineShiraz (Red wine) $19.95/btlCabernet (Red wine) $19.95/btl

Chardonnay (white burgundy) $21.00/btl

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NORTH INDIAN CUISINE

• North Indian cuisine (from the Punjab region of Northern India and Western Pakistan) can be non-vegetarian or completely vegetarian. One of the main features of Punjabi cuisine is its diverse range of dishes.

• Home cooked and restaurant Punjabi cuisine can vary significantly, with restaurant style using large amounts of clarified butter, known locally as ghee, with liberal amounts of butter and cream with home cooked concentrating on mainly upon preparations with wheat Rice and other ingredients flavored with masalas (spices).

• wheat and rice is a staple food, Roh Di Kheer, is cooked using rice. Rice is cooked for a long time in sugar cane juice.

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• North Indian cuisine is distinguished for there high uses of dairy products and Tawa in there dishes to bake flat breads like Roti , Partha, Kulcha and Biryani.

• In North Indian cuisine variety of lentils, vegetables and Roti is used in

there dishes.

• Method preparation and production is different from region to region.

Chicken Biryani

Naan

• The calories and nutrition in Indian foods like Roti, Naan, Chapatti, and Parathas depend on the way the foods are cooked.

• Indian parathas are very high in calories and energy (high calories from fat) as these are fried in ghee or butter whereas tandoori roti is baked in tandoor so these are supposed to be low in calories.

Actual Intake

• Chicken Biryani:-Calories: 360-Calories from fat: 126-Calories from saturated fat: 36-Protein: 20g-Carbohydrates: 38g-Sugar: 14g-Dietary Fiber: 4g-Fat: 14g-Saturated Fat: 4g-Cholesterol: 40mg-Vitamin C: 1.2-Calcium: 20 mg-Sodium: 1070 mg-Iron: 1.08 mg

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