Traditional Indian food from northern regions of the country

Indian is not only renowned for its spicy foods of which curry is just one popular example, but each region of the country has its own special cuisines to offer with their own flavor and cooking methods. The dishes from northern part of the country have wide ranging varieties in terms of their ingredients like vegetables and spices and each cuisine has its own way of preparation. Traditional Indian food from the region is most liked for its varied taste and spices.

You can enjoy the food from northern region of Indian in several restaurants of London. Gourmet Indian food is available in most of the food restaurants in London in amazing varieties.

Curries that are prepared in the north Indian regions usually are creamy gravies. Such curries have moderate amount of spice in them, meaning that they are not always hot as is generally believed. Dried fruits and nuts are frequently used in several traditional Indian food on daily basis. These regions of the country are also known for rich vegetarian cuisines. This is because of dazzling varieties of vegetables produced across the northern parts of the country. Another feature of the daily foods in these areas is that milk, cream, cottage cheese; ghee and yogurt are frequently used as part of preparation of many cuisines and sweets.

The North Indian cuisines are prepared in vegetable oils. Regular oils used in cooking include canola and sunflower, though mustard oil has its own significant role in many cuisines. Ghee also is an option for cooking but usually for some special occasion.

Spices are essential ingredients of cooking in traditional Indian food in the northern regions like other parts of India. Though almost every spice has found its place in the North Indian food preparations, still some of the spices used on daily basis in the kitchen include coriander, cumin, chilli powder, cinnamon, turmeric, cardamom, cloves, fennel and garam masala.

As far as popular dishes of this region is concerned you can enjoy foods like pulao, Mutter Paneer (a curry made with cottage cheese and peas), Daal Makhani, Fish Amritsari, Samosas (snack with a pastry case with different kinds of fillings), Chaat (hot-sweet-sour snack made with potato, Biryani, Pulaos chick peas and tangy chutneys), Dahi Gosht, Butter Chicken, Chicken Tikka, Motichoor laddoo etc.

There are several authentic restaurants in London where you can visit for traditional Indian food of your choice. Not every such food is highly spicy as you can settle for cuisines that are less spicy.