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Most of the food items which define modern North Indian and Subcontinental
Most of the food items which define modern North Indian and Subcontinental cooking
Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science and craft of using heat to Outline of food preparation, prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric ...
have origins inside the Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
though many foods that are now a part of them are based on fruits and vegetables that originated outside the Indian subcontinent.
Vegetable origins
Fruit origins
See also
*Indian cuisine
Indian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to India. Given the diversity in soil, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially and use locally available spices, he ...
* North Indian cuisine
References
Further reading
* "Domestication of plants in the Old World," Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf, Oxford University Press, 2000. * "History of Food," Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, Blackwell Publishing, 1994. * "Culture and Cuisine: A Journey Through the History of Food," Jean François Revel, Doubleday, 1982. * "The Agrarian History of England and Wales," Edward John T. Collins, Stuart Piggott, Joan Thirsk, Cambridge University Press, 1981. {{DEFAULTSORT:Origins Of North Indian Foods History of Indian cuisine History of Pakistani cuisine