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Like all other facets of Indian culture, cooking too displays a range
and variety seen nowhere else in the world. Be it chicken or
lamb, fish or vegetables, hot and spicy ,or mild, you name it, it
has got it all.The tandoori preparations of Punjab, sweets of Gujarat and
Bengal, the hot pickles of Andhra Pradesh, the seafood of Goa and
Kerala , the vegetable preparations of Tamil Nadu and U.P
are all very unique. Even within a state one finds different styles . For
eg; the Muslim preparations of Kerala are so different from the rest of
the state and has a very wide range of mouth watering dishes too.
Except Kerala,Andhra,Punjab,Bengal,Orissa and the North East regions,
the rest of India is predominantly vegetarian. The influence of the
other regions and the West is slowly changing this though. Similary
, there is a distinct difference between the cooking of North and
South India. Whereas the South Indian cooking is primarily
rice based , the North Indian cooking is more wheat based.
Whether North or South , Indian cooking involves extensive use of spices
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