Is Indian food healthy for you?

Question

Like, what are the benefits and what are the drawbacks. I just ate it, and it tastes so good!

Answer 1

If you make it at home, it is healthy. Restaurants use alot of oil, butter & cream. Everything in moderation, life is all about balance. But Indian food has alot of proteins, veggies & you can control the amount of carbs... so it can be healthy. India doesnt have an obesity problem (esp in kids).

It is a well balanced meal. High flavor, less fat.

Answer 2

The benefits being that if you are a vegetarian you do not have to look for alternative protein substitutes. Home made Indian food is very healthy, but on the contrary what the Indian restaurants offer is someting that can be eaten once in a blue moon as they use a lot of fat...

Answer 3

As pointed out above, it has its benefits and drawbacks. I would rank it healthier than American food of course, but not as healthy as the Mediterranean diet. Restaurant-style Indian food (particularly north Indian) is very greasy and the veggies are inevitably overcooked. South Indian is usually healthier.

Answer 4

IF you eat it very often and lead a sedentary life, Indian food may not be 'healthy' but so are other type of cuisines. Indian cooking (depending on region) usage of *ghee (clarified butter-saturated fat) for many of their dishes may lead to coronary ailments. But there are other Indian food items which are healthy such as the excellent "resem" - a hot spicy soup loaded with peppercorns, garlic, herbs, spices; natural yoghurt beverage. I would not worry too much about Indian food, I enjoy banana leaf rice (south Indian) with its many accompaniments every week.

*Ghee is part of Indian Ayurvedic science/culture and do contain health benefits as well used to treat health problems.

Answer 5

If you are an Indian, yes! That is because, every cuisine evolves around the local climate, society and people's food tolerance.

One thing though, there is no such thing as one type of food as Indian. Indian cuisine is a vast collection of cuisines really.

Not all food ingredients are healthy in nutritional perspective in Indian food. However, the vast majority is. The spices are good.

Answer 6

Home food is always preferred, so try and learn to cook indian food at home.
benefits-
contains all the dietary requirements, making it a square meal , as there is roti, of wheat, rice, lentils, vegetables, curds, raw salads, and fruit with milk, or any milk product.
also there are sprouted moong, and rotis of even other grains, like maize, jawar, bajara, which are freshly made, without yeast.
one can also eat eggs and mutton chicken preparations, which contain lot of spices, and are properly cooked, some on slow fire, like dum biryani, or even tandoor, a special kid of fire, to roast rotis, nans, kebabs etc.
a lot of variety, and skill goes into this.
subscibe to about.com, for indian cuisine, they would send you the receipes, even for beginners.
i don't see any drawbacks as such !

Answer 7

Any food with a good proportion and balanced diet is good. Indian food in general is rich in spices (cumin seeds, turmeric, cinnamon, mustard seeds, coriander, fennel, fenugreek, curry leaves, coriander, curry powder, chilly powder ) which suits any taste buds.
Banana leaf rice is the most famous in any South Indian Restaurant... you get hot steamy rice, with a variety of veges, dhal curry, chicken masala or tikka, mutton, rasam and crunchy papads...yum yum

Answer 8

Indian food is alot better than other takeaways, the base of curries is made almost entirely out of vegetables. However it will differ depending on the chef and how much oil he uses.

Answer 9

My homemade indian food is extremely greasy,so I'd say no. But I think curry has some health benefits.

Answer 10

It depends. There is less meat than Western food (and virtually no meat in the South), but they do include a lot of dairy. The vegetarian options do have a lot of protein, though.