Are you eating like an Indian?

So you've been asked to join a meal at an Indian place or a North Indian restaurant in Brisbane. You may be thinking, " What do they have food? How do they eat? How do others sit? Will I be required to eat with my fingers?" You have come to the correct place. Before we begin, but, throw everything you believed about Indian food and it's culture (about food), out of your mind. Whether you are invited at home or an Indian restaurant in Redland bay, keep in mind some points.

The meal

Instead of individual servings, there will possibly be various dishes of food from which you can treat yourself. Most of the Indian meals, whether vegetarian or meat, comprise salad, yogurt, rice, Chapati (flatbread), vegetables, meat, and lentil dishes, and pickles.

Your meal will be served with water, but in present times, you could be presented with a glass of wine. Once you've been served or have served yourself, wait for everyone else to do so before you begin eating. It is not conventional to pray or make a toast, but that depends largely on your host.

While it is absolutely fair and acceptable to use your fork and knife to eat your food, most of the Indians prefer to eat with their bare fingers. In fact, there is a scientific study about how food tastes better when consumed with the fingers! It is done very neatly and only the tips of the fingers are utilized. It is not deemed polite, as opposed to common belief, to place your fingers in your mouth or lick them. So have your Indian takeaway in Brisbane the way we have told you. It may seem very gross, but you could try once.

Using the left hand is considered inauspicious, so avoid using it, unless, of course, you are a lefty; then nothing can be done. Most meals end with desserts, so keep space for a wide array of sweets in the end. Even tea or coffee is part of the ending.

Although these traditions don’t apply when you go to an Indian restaurant, it would be good to blend in with the culture. It opens the mind. Have some North Indian cuisine in Alexandra hills like this and feel the difference. Respect the culture and who knows, you may want more of that yummy food!

Sweet dishes and Indian Catering of Alexandra hills

Did you that India is quite famous for its variety of sweets? There are so many kinds of sweets that will take more than a lifetime to taste all of them. Different regions from India have different varieties of sweets. Only a handful is known internationally. There are Indian restaurants in Brisbane but they don’t cover more than the usuals.

The discoveries and international recognition

 

The sweets are slowly getting recognized outside of India, just like the Indian festivals, thanks to immigrants, and Indian origin persons born in a foreign land. The growing number of authentic sweets recognized outside is on the rise gradually.

 

Beyond the clichés of Gulab jamun and jalebis

 

India is home to many yummy sweets that play an imperative role in every Indian festival. While gulab jamuns and jalebis may be the most popular sweets from India, there are many exceptional sweet gems that remain unfamiliar to most. Most of the Indian sweets have a common ingredient like milk.

 

There is Laddu, kheer, Payasam (Tamil Nadu), rosogolla (West Bengal), pootharekulu (Andhra Pradesh), chenna poda (Odisha), Malpoa (different states), pathisapta (West Bengal), Khurma (Jammu region), Petha (Agra), Mohanthal (Gujarat), Kulfi, Barfi, Mysore pak, and so many more that needs to spread its name worldwide. The North Indian restaurant in Brisbane has just a couple of sweets, but there is more that needs to be included.

 

Cuisines of the world

 

We, as human beings, do not know much about so many foods. There is a variety that needs to be discovered soon. Apart from the chefs and home-cooks, most of the population doesn’t know about Indian, Greek, Spanish, Moroccan, African food. We know the American, Chinese, or Mexican food that is famous all over the world, but even in that, do we know their various sweet delicacies? We don’t think so.

There should be more emphasis on growing the food industry to another level, bringing world cuisine under one roof.

 

Indian restaurants in Brisbane

Popularly, sweets in India are also served after meals. It is a mark of finishing the food on a good note. This is very common in all parts of India. You could hold on to this tradition by ordering some naan, a lentil dish, chicken or vegetarian curry, and a sweet dish from Indian Catering of Alexandra hills. It would be perfect after a comparatively spicy meal too.