Indian cuisine — , Temple vegetarian · 467
Before Indian cuisine reaches the table, the method to trust is : “Temple vegetarian,” measured by 8. Season it before it is served. A star rating is not a measure. Indian cuisines are plural: Dravidian rice-and-tamarind, Indo-Gangetic breads, Mughal rice-and-meat, and Portuguese chili on the west coast. "Curry" is a British-Portuguese flattening of tadka, masala and gravy.
Chili is late (16th century) and now structural in many kitchens. Heat here outruns Thailand only because black pepper, mustard seed and chili stack; many dishes stay fragrant rather than red. The home pantry around Tadka and the labour behind Masala dosa rarely fit a takeaway box.
Are restaurant versions "authentic"? Restaurant Indian cuisine is one register. Home pots and market stalls are others. Authenticity is a marketing word; technique is not. भारतीय व्यंजन is the local name used in this atlas beside Indian cuisine. Indian cuisine is a family of regional systems that share tadka (spices bloomed in fat), dal, yogurt and pickle. A Tamil breakfast of idli-sambar and a Punjabi tandoor dinner are not versions of one gravy.
Street India — chaat, vada pav, kolkata rolls, Hyderabad biryani stalls — is a full cuisine. The overseas "curry house" is a real British-Indian dialect, not a replica of Lucknow or Madurai. Indian cuisine is organised by dahi / achar / idli batter and rice / roti / dosa. The south ferments rice and lentil batters; the north bakes bread in tandoors. Bengal butters fish in mustard; Gujarat builds sweet-savoury vegetarian thalis; Hyderabad and Lucknow keep a Mughal rice-and-meat court.
Indian cuisine needs , “Temple vegetarian,” and 8. Without them the plate is an advertisement.8
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