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North Indian Recipes offer wide assortment of food including both vegetarian and non vegetarian. Indian cuisine is ancient and has a 2500-3000 years old history. However, the recipes of the country have changed over the years. According to the North Indian Recipes, a couple of main courses are served. They are usually doled out along with different pickles, chutneys and of course different types of Indian bread, "roti". Among the North Indian Recipes, Punjabi cooking is exquisite and preparation such as Sarson-Ka-Sag - buttered mustard greens, flavoured with aniseed and asafoetida eaten with Makki-Ki-Roti the crisp, fresh corn bread. Punjabi cookery is the universal favourite item which is spicily stewed chick peas. The delicious Karhi is another example of elite North Indian Recipes. The combinationof protein rich pulses cooked with onions, tomatoes and red-eyed beans, rice and traditional breads, yoghurt whipped with chick pea flour and chick pea dumplings contribute a lot

Concept of Food in Ayurveda reveals the profound effects of Ayurvedic food. Concept of Food in Ayurveda is the vital carrier and balancer for the energy of  Prana  in the body.  Foods  such as grains,  fruits ,  vegetables , seeds, beans,  herbs  and roots; the power of these foods manifests only when they are used in the proper combinations and in complete co-ordination with the unique conditions of each individual. Ayurveda  is not only confined to the healing of  disease  in a superficial treatment of symptoms.  Indian yogis  place great emphasis on  diet  as an integral part of the successful practice of any spiritual discipline. In Ayurvedic foods, the blend and proportion of  spices  must be regulated to meet the physical constitutions and temperaments. Ancient Concept of Food in Ayurveda According to the  Upanishads , the ancient scriptures of India, food is  Brahman , the Divine reality. In  Hindu  eating, the food taken in is given as an offering to the Divine  Fire  in the st

South Indian cuisine consists of the dishes of four South Indian states that include Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. South Indian Cuisine had an influence of foreign and native rulers. Since the South  Indian climate  is hot and they lie on the coastal areas of the country, the dishes are such that suits these features. Rice South Indian Meals are centred on rice or rice-based dishes.  Rice  is combined with  Sambhar  and  Rasam , dry and curried  vegetables  and meat dishes and a host of coconut-based chutneys and Pappadums. Chutneys  are an accompaniment for a main dish in a South Indian meal.Generally Chutneys are wet or dry that has a thick to fine texture. Coconut milk straight from the nut is a common  beverage  and sight in  South India .  Coffee  is very popular in South India and Madras coffee is popular in South Indian restaurants throughout the world Kerala Cuisine Kerala  also has a mouth watering cuisine that comprises of Malabar cuisine. In Kerala, most