| Indian cuisine is very rich. There are two types of | | | | from wheat flour, rice, almonds and coconut. They |
| diets in Indian cuisine, vegetarian and meat eating. | | | | were sweetened with sugar and rosewater. |
| Vegetarian diets have been part of Indian diets for a | | | | During the mughal empire especially during the reign |
| long time. But looking back into the history meat | | | | of Janghir and Shah Jahan lavish dishes were |
| eating was there as well. India has been the cross | | | | prepared. The Mughals were experts in this style of |
| roads of many people and cultures. So different | | | | cooking. During the reign of mughals many Indians |
| people have brought their cultural cuisines into Indian | | | | converted to Islam and so changed their diets. The |
| cooking or modified the local cuisines. One such | | | | hindus stayed being vegetarians. The hindus also |
| culture and cuisine to have a big impact on Indian | | | | cooked their food differently from the Muslims. While |
| cuisine was the Muslims from the western Asia in the | | | | the Muslims ate naans and chapattis (bread made on |
| sixteenth century. The Muslims had a big impact on | | | | a griddle) the hindus bread was called puris, which is |
| the Indian life including their palates. The Muslims | | | | made from wholewheat flour and ghee and bhaturas |
| created what was known as the Mughal cuisine. India | | | | which is made from white flour, yeast and oil and |
| was introduced to kebabs and pilaus (rice dishes). | | | | deep fried in a wok. Most of theses breads were |
| Meat was added to rice dishes and pistachios, | | | | fried in ghee but ghee was only used by the rich, the |
| almonds and raisins were added to dishes. Ending the | | | | poor used mustard oil. If rice was available, pancakes |
| meal with a sweet dish was introduced, this being of | | | | would be made from these called dosas. |
| Arabic culture. A lot of the sweet dishes were made | | | | |