Indian food is known for its spices. One must not forget that every single spice used in Indian dishes carries some or the other nutritional as well as medicinal properties.

North Indian Food:

Food in north India, to begin with, Kashmiri cuisines reflect strong Central Asian influences. In Kashmir, mostly all the dishes are prepared around the main course of rice found abundantly in the beautiful valley. But on the other hand states like the Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh show high consumption of chapattis as staple food.

South Indian Food:

Here the people use spices a lot. In the food of Tamil Nadu use of tamarind is frequently made in order to impart sourness to the dishes. It simply distinguishes the Tamil food form other cuisines.

Andra Pradesh cooking style is to make excessive use of chilies, which is obviously done to improve the taste of the dishes. In Kerala some of the delicious dishes are the lamb stew and Malabar fried prawns, Idlis, dosas etc.