The religious Indian cookery
The base of the Indian cookery is plants, fruits and vegetables. Rice, Indian corn, pies, lentil, beans and different kinds of vegetables are used in Indian cookery.
The majority of people who live in India don't eat meat. The only exception is Muslims that eat dishes made of veal, goat's flesh, bird meat. It is strictly forbidden to eat beef as well as cattle. The preference is given to fish dishes and dishes cooked from quid, lobsters, shrimps and oysters.
Indians use a lot of garlic and pepper in Indian cookery. The Indian dish has the red and black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nuts, ginger, mustard, saffron, tomatoes, etc. The special hot sauces are popular usually cooked from fruits and spices.
Indians like pilaff very much that is cooked with the beans and sometimes with other vegetables adding the oil. Fruits also play an important role in the life of Indian culture. Apricots, apples are used during the cooking of Indian dishes.
Tea is very popular in India. In fact India is the world centre of the tea production. It is usually drunk with the milk and milk must be served separately. Coffee is also rather popular. Indians also drink Nimba-Punch that is cooked from the lemon and the water. Kangy is another drink made of carrot and beans.
All dishes in India are served with the big tray in the form of circle made of copper or stainless steel. They put catories to every dish at the sides of the tray and rice is the important element that must be put in the centre of the tray.