Indian Cooking

Today Indian cooking is known for it's popularity in the world. There are various Indian restaurents in every corner of the world. Indian cooking is a blend of unique spices like turmeric, cumin, cardamom, fenugreek, chillies and many more. But the best of the Indian cooks will agree that the authentic Indian cooking involves just few spices blended together to make a dish with it's distinct flavour. Too much of spices could spoil not only it's flavour but texture too.

One of the most popular Indian cooks, Sanjeev Kapoor has a great website, www.sanjeevkapoor.com which would give all the food lovers enough unique recipes to try in their own homes. They will also find handy tips to use in their kitchen on his website. India being a fusion of various cultures and religions, have variety in it's cooking too. Though there are lots of dishes like biryani, fish curry, prawns vindaloo available in it's cooking, the dish which has become most popular in almost every country is chicken tikka. In some countries, it has even been described as a national dish.

Many Indian spices are known for its medicinal values. For example, clove is well known as an aid to digestion. Even clove oil is used for relief from toothaches. Ginger is used as a medicine for cough and cold. Fenugreek leaves are used in treatment of indigestion. Therefore, in India most people prefer to use home remedies for small ailments like cough, cold, indigestion etc.