day 21

 

       wussp everybody and welcome to a world where every bite is a 

celebration, and each dish tells a story.

New day New food New country (India)

1) Biryani

 

Brought from Persia to India by the Mughals, biryani is a classic Indian dish.

Rice and meat or vegetables are prepared separately, then combined and slow-cooked in the oven to create this aromatic “dry dish” (there’s no creamy gravy-like sauce).

Basmati rice is typically used. The meat (goat, chicken or mutton) is usually marinated first in yogurt.

Spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom add a delicate flavor.

You can’t go wrong ordering biryani!

2) Butter chicken

 

Butter chicken (or murgh makhani) is one of the most popular Indian curries.

Typically a mild curry, it combines onions, butter and cream in a velvety smooth tomato sauce with chicken chunks.

Butter chicken is our go-to curry. We never tire of it!

If you want something lightly spiced and easy on the heat, then this is one of the best Indian food dishes to try.

Butter chicken is an especially good pick if this is your first time eating Indian food.

3) Chaat

 

Originating in the north of India, chaat is an Indian street-food snack. The word “chaat” means “to lick” – and chaat is finger-licking delicious.

There are many types of chaat, but all have a starch base (like a samosa or puffed rice), vegetables and chutney.

One of the most popular is papri chaat.

It’s made with a samosa-style crust, boiled potatoes and chickpeas, topped with tamarind chutney and crunchy bits of deep-fried noodles.

4) Dosa

 

A thin pancake, dosa is crepe-like and slightly sweeter than naan (#9 below). Coming from the southern part of India, it’s usually made from rice and lentils.

You usually eat dosas hot, dipped in various chutneys, as an accompaniment to a curry meal.

But sometimes dosas are stuffed with veggies and eaten as snacks (popular as street food in India). Masala dosa, for example, is filled with spiced potatoes.

5) Gulab Jamun

 

Of course, you need something deliciously sweet to finish off your Indian meal.

Enter gulab jamun.

This popular Indian dessert is based on two flavors – gulab (which means rose) and jamun (which refers to purple jamun berries, similar to blueberries).

Using milk solids and flour, the dessert consists of small doughy balls soaked in rose water and green cardamom.

Think of it like Indian doughnuts dipped in mouth-watering syrup! (But, sorry, ordinary doughnuts won’t ever taste as good again after you’ve tried gulab jamuns.)

Thank you for joining me on this delicious journey. Until our next culinary

adventure.