In most people’s minds, our neighboring country India has a very special custom, which is to eat with your hands. Some people don't understand this and think that we humans have learned to use tools, including tableware, after hundreds of thousands of years of learning and evolution. Eating with your hands seems barbaric and unhygienic.

However, although India is not currently developing as fast as we are, given their current conditions, it is not difficult to popularize the use of tableware in all aspects.

The reason why they insist on eating with their hands is, on the one hand, because this is their long-standing custom, and on the other hand, because it contains their unique table culture.

We should not belittle their habits just because our own are different from theirs. Now that we have said this, let’s take a deeper look at India’s hand-eating culture, see if all of them eat with their hands, and see if they also use their hands when entertaining foreign guests. Grab rice.

In their country, the custom of eating with hands comes from their attitude towards food. When it comes to food culture and cuisine, no country in the world has such exquisite and diverse cuisines as ours. Our nation attaches great importance to food. There has been a proverb for a long time: "Food is the first necessity of the people."

But Indians are different. They don’t value food as much as we do. Instead, they think eating is just a process of filling their stomachs, without much emphasis. Therefore, they who have little pursuit of food naturally do not pay attention to the use of tableware.

Although they are no longer particular about tableware, people from different classes in their country still have differences in the way they eat. Everyone must know that India is a country with very clear class divisions, so relatively speaking, they have nobles with high status and common people with low status.

For people at the bottom who are trying to make a living, they don’t have to pay much attention to eating. They just need to eat enough, and they are naturally very relaxed in their attitude. But nobles with status don't do this. They don't eat with five fingers together.

The food they eat with their hands is usually rice topped with vegetables and soup. Therefore, nobles usually use their first three fingers to roll the rice into a ball, and then slowly put it into the mouth. Reflect your own accomplishments.

Answer the question I raised above. Indians do not eat with their hands on all occasions. In more formal situations, they will use tools such as knives and forks.

In some very formal occasions, such as when entertaining foreign guests, they will also prepare corresponding tableware according to the guests' dining habits. However, at their state banquet, there was nothing to say about the tableware. What was worth mentioning was the rich and varied dishes.

When leaders visited India, the Indian Prime Minister held a banquet in his hometown to entertain distinguished guests. There are more than 100 dishes during the banquet, and all of them are vegetarian. In this famous gourmet town, people practice vegetarianism and it is difficult to see meat.

Although there is no meat, the dishes are also very exquisite. Among them, steamed rice flour cakes and whole-wheat mung bean pie are the specialty staple foods of their country. There are many other desserts on the menu, as well as their specialty local drinks made with unique ingredients.

After thousands of years of development, they have long learned to skillfully use various ingredients to add color to the dishes during banquets, which is also one of the major characteristics of Indian cuisine. Among their dishes, curry is the most commonly used ingredient, and they seem to have a natural love for this ingredient.

So the favorite food of most of them is curry rice. Mix meat, vegetables, and beans into a thick sauce and serve it with rice. It is a convenient and delicious delicacy in their eyes.

This article is about to end here. Finally, I will summarize some of the reasons why they are keen to eat with their hands. First of all, it is because this is a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years, which makes them think that eating with their hands is more natural. Secondly, their daily food, such as curry rice, is mostly mushy and is easy to eat with their hands.

Thirdly, in their philosophy, enjoying food not only depends on taste, but more importantly, touch.

Using cutlery blocks this feeling. In addition, using pilaf can also sense the temperature of food in advance to avoid being burned. I have to say, this is a real benefit.