I love East Indian Food, but worry about it's nutritional content. It consists of lots of curry sauces and spices. Also, love the bread, but does anyone know the Thanks.
2006-10-09 12:44:41 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The Indian Bread is without any preservatives, yeast, salt or sugar, so it is highly recommended.
Here is a link for Indian Bread preperations
http://www.punjabi-recipes.com/recipes/search.aspx?find=roti&SDropName=0
Spices like turmeric, black pepper, fennel do have medicinal properties. Here is a link for usefulness of Turmeric
http://www.punjabi-recipes.com/recipes/81.aspx
The medicinal properties of these herbs and spices have led to the commercial sale of turmeric capsules for arthritis, garlic capsules for cholesterol control , gigner capsules for travel sickness.
Indian food is based on the combinations of herbs and spices, the ancient ayurveda had what foods to mix and what not to.
Eg. The hot effects of Garlic are compensated by the cooling properties of Coriander.
Here is a link about some information about the Indian Food and the Ayurveda http://www.punjabi-recipes.com/recipes/search.aspx?find=ayurve&SDropName=0
2006-10-09 13:55:12 · answer #1 · answered by Best Answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.fao.org/infoods/tables_asia_en.stm
2006-10-09 12:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by Irina C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋