3. There are so many types of food in India that it becomes difficult to choose from the diverse range of traditional food in India.
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6. North India also uses milk and other dairy products in their daily diet. Yogurt, milk, ghee (clarified butter), butter and paneer (cottage cheese) are widely used in most dishes along with spices.
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9. A typical south Indian meal would consist of rice served with piping hot sambhar (vegetable gravy with pulses), rasam (soup like preparation), curd and pickles along with atleast two different varieties of vegetables prepared in two different styles.
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11. Rice dominates the main meals and the oil used in cooking is usually mustard oil.
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13. The development of the food product which are traditionally consumed in Indian according to the requirement of the consumers.
14. Traditional foods constituted a treasure house of information on nutrition that could be exploited for future markets.
15. Of the more than 3,000 traditional foods in India, only 100 are in existence today.