comparison between indian and western food

1. TOPIC: COMPARISON BETWEEN
INDIAN AND WESTERN FOODS
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2. INDIAN AND WESTERN DISHES

3. INTRODUCTION – INDIAN FOOD
Indian cuisine is full of colours,
aromas and flavours.
 Each dish smells with cumin, cloves,
cinnamon, ginger, saffron and nutmeg.
Indian cuisine is based on matching
opposite flavours, such as hot and
sweet tastes
Indian Cuisine are of 4 types
North – Muslim cuisine
South – Madras cuisine
West – Bombay cuisine and Goa
East – Bengal cuisine

4. WESTERN FOOD
Western cuisine is very colour
full but no aroma or flavours in it.
Western foods will not vary and
only few dishes have distinct
flavours.
Western cuisine are of;
•North America
•Latin America
•Australia
•Russia
•Other European countries

5. COMPARISON BETWEEN INDIAN AND WESTERN
FOOD
 Indian
Food

Indian food is more spicy

Varieties of Indian food are
usually made up from meat
and fish to about a hundred
different
kinds
of
vegetables, wheat, pulses,
rice and abundant spices.
 Western
food

Western food is not spicy

predominant ingredients in
European cuisine are meat,
pastry,
pasta
and
potatoes.re spicy

6. CONTINUED…..
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Indian people have end number of
food options

Indian food is popular among
indians as well as among foreigners
and across the world

One can literally count on fingertips
the staple dishes eaten by any
European countries.

Western food is popular among
European countries but not among
the indians



Bread

Food is eaten with spoon and fork
staples of rice
Food is usually eaten with your
bare hands, on banana leaves, at
homes

7. CONTINUED….
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Indian cuisines, however, do
precisely the contrary, avoiding
ingredients that share the
same flavour compounds.

Health – Any health expert will
tell you that the nutritional
value of a wholesome Indian
meal (daal, rice, vegetables,
yoghurt and chapattis)

Western cuisines have a
tendency to pair ingredients
that share many of the same
flavor compounds

Western food is very caloric
and difficult to digest and that
is why wetstern cuisine is
thought to be fat, unhealthy
and not diversified enough.

8. CONTINUED…..
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Flavours vary hugely from
region to region and are
distinct.

Western foods will not vary
and only few dishes have
distinct flavours

Indian food hasn’t been as
easily influenced by foreign
cultures as food elsewhere

In Britain for instance, curry,
Chinese and sushi have now
become as much a part of
daily life as mash and
sausages.