INDIAN

I am very familiar with indian cuisine as I was brought up around it because of family friends etc. Fortunatly I have tried and tested many authentic dishes form very early on in age. Famous indian dishes include curries and rices, with naan breads rotis and japatees all being types of flat bread. With side dishes such as samoses, meat filled pastries which are deep fried and also pakoras and baijis which are all fried. There are also an array of tasty chutneys and dips which are often served with indian cuisine such as mango chutney, prune chutney, onion chutney and also mint and cucumber yoghurt which is called . A favourite indian restaurent of mine is called eastzeast which they have in manchester and preston, and also jimmy spices in birmingham is amazing.

On special occasions rainbow rice is served which is just like normal basmati or jasmin rice where food colouring has been used to dye some of the rice pretty colours, there is no taste as such it is just for the purpose of its appearance.

I have tried and tested alot of indian sweets over time however I have never been much of a fan as they are very sweet dense and heavy. Often they are made with condensed milk and sugar, these are typically the main and most important ingrediant. Others are fried or served in sugary syrups.

This is ladoo which are balls are made of flour and sugar and ghee.

The way I would describe falooda is inbetween a dessert which you eat and a drink or milkshake. Falooda is typically pink in colour and contains ice cream, milk and tastes of rose water,m there are noodle type strands on top which I am not familiar with as they are clear unlike spagetti.. lets just say its an acquired taste.

galub jaman is similar to ladoo but alot more moist because it is soaked in syrup, it is probably the most popular of all of the indian sweet dishes and most well known.

maati and barfi are confectionaries made from condensed milk and sugar until it solidifies they come in different shapes sizes and colours, in texture I would describe them as melt in the mouth but slightly crumbly especially depending on what flavourings they have or if they contain nuts etc.

indian food is very popular all over the world especially here in england with dishes such as korma, the vindaloo biriyani and many more which have slowly become a staple in alot of family homes here in the UK.