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The Top 5 South Asian Cuisines You Should Try



Many people opt for the diverse South Asian cuisine to satiate their hunger. The diversity in the cuisine is a result of widespread immigration that the land has experienced over the centuries. After all, the food is consistent with the social and religious beliefs of dozens of individual communities.

Mughlai Cuisine >

Influenced by Turkish and Persian cuisines, it comes as no surprise that these delights continue to tantalize taste buds to date. You can identify it from the aroma it sends off. The exotic fusion of spices, nuts, and dried fruits lend to the taste beautifully. The cuisine goes from being tremendously mild to extremely spicy in the course of an elaborate buffet. The well-flavored sauces and butter-rich curries also favor cheese for those seeking delicious vegetarian dishes.

Some of the popular dishes are nihari, biryani, different varieties of kebabs (shami, reshmi, boti, seekh), and mughlai chicken pulao. In desserts, you can have shahi tukra, kheer, sheer korma, anjeer halwa, and falooda. The rich taste of palak paneer, a combination of spinach and farmer’s cheese, stands out among the cuisine’s many celebrated delights. This is mostly served with naan, roti, or boiled rice. It’s easy to try, yet has a taste that will linger on your tastebuds for quite a while. Check out the link below for its finger-licking recipe in full.

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Sri Lankan Cuisine >

The cuisine plays with multiple tastes, each dish culminating in a truly savory experience that leaves a lasting impact on your taste buds. Rice predominates as the staple food. There is ample use of coconut milk in curries and it seems as if Sri Lankan’s enjoy cooking with roasted curry powder and hotter chilies. The distinctive boiled or steamed rice dish served with curry is a favorite coupled with the side dishes of chutney, and pickles. Hoppers (Appa) are another tradition to look out for while sweet dishes like aluwa and mun keum are desirable too.

With its mouthwatering flavor fused together with the glam appeal of its texture, the dishes are a treat for sure. It is believed that Arab traders blessed the land with flatbreads like roti. The Malay people, very proficiently, added in the delicious dessert of wattalappam. The Dutch people contributed with the much-acclaimed celebratory cakes for excellent culinary experiences. However, it is the sambhar vada (yellow lentil soup with spiced doughnuts), part of both everyday cuisine and festivals, which leaves you craving for more. Save it, as you’ll surely love the zing and crunchy flavor!

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Nepali Cuisine >

Notorious for its tempting taste and high nutritional value, Nepali cuisine is incredibly colorful in appearance and interestingly, not very time-consuming in preparation. You will especially discover a keen flavoring of ginger, garlic, cumin, chilies, coriander, mustard oil, cilantro, ghee, and yak butter.

In its range of variations – Khas, Himalayan, Thakali, Newars, Terai, Thaaru, Lohorung – that are liked by the general public, these include vegetable thukpa, dal-bhat-tarkari, newari choila, sekuwa kebab, sukuti with papaya salad, and sel roti. The barrage of tang that panipuri releases makes it one street snack worth keeping an eye out for. One should also consider another specialty – butter tea. Enjoy the recipe for a spiced version of Nepali tea from the link below.

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Maldivian Cuisine >

The food is much like the beautiful island it is fostered in. The Maldivian cuisine is more or less based on three main products: fish, coconut, and starches. A traditionally cooked dish, riha, and its accompanying bread, roshi, show how deep the Maldivian love for curry stems. Their fish meals are always luscious. The coconut is an important element for its milky flavor in this cuisine too. They gain an incredible edge in using chilies, lime, and onions as their side dishes.

Be sure not to skip sampling the kulhi boakibaa, gulha, bajiyaa, and bambukeylu hiti if you want to truly experience the uniqueness of the cuisine. Get this top-rated egg curry recipe to make a common, everyday ingredient become the star of this dish.

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Bangladeshi Cuisine >

The wonderful blend of fragrant spices in this culinary art form is sure to bring you back (again and again) for its decidedly South Asian quality. What sets it apart is the use of fish in abundance and the fiery pastes of spices, ground roots and chilies.

Some of the common dishes that create remarkable flavors include sabzi, maach bhuna, bhendi bhaji, and begun bhaja. Its wide array of sweets has the kalo-jam, shemai, rasho-gollah, chamcham, and shandesh. In the likes of singara, samosa, fried roti with egg and onions, pita and chana chaat, the snacks too shine through. Like the idea of a spicy drink? Get hold of the recipe for traditional lassi at.

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