Food and Dining in India

The spices and curries of Indian cuisine are as various as the regions of India and all are wont to be tried. Indian and international choices await you in this culinary cauldron. From upscale restaurants to fast food street carts

National specialties:

• Dal (crushed lentil soup with various additional vegetables).
• Chapati (a form of flour baked in the intense heat).
• Rice (boiled rice know as plain rice; there are also other forms of rice like biryani, pulao, zeera rice etc).
• Sabji (various vegetables cooked with pure Indian spices).

Sweet Dishers:

• Kulfi (Indian ice cream).
• Gulab Jamuns (flour, yogurt and ground almonds).
• Jalebi (pancakes in syrup).
• Pan (betel leaf in which are wrapped spices such as aniseed and cardamom).

Drinks:

• Indian chai (tea) is served at all meals and in-between meals. It is made with spices and the milk is poured in after the water comes to a boil. The entire mixture is then brought to a boil again and served very hot. You can order it “light”.
• Many coffee houses have sprung up all over India. Coffee is grown in south India and is very flavorful.
• Soft Drinks include Pepsi, Coke etc.