"Food with hands" is a long-standing dining custom in India. Before eating, they will wash their hands and then prepare for the meal. If you go to an Indian home as a guest, you must try the fun of "eating with your hands". It is precisely because of this habit that most Indian dishes are made into a paste, so that they can be easily rolled into bread or eaten with rice.
Place a large plate in front of each person, put the rice on it, top it with vegetables and soup, then mix it slightly with your hands, knead it into a ball, and put it into your mouth. In street food stalls, snack bars and temples, people usually use a plate made of pressed dry leaves to serve food. Some restaurants give each diner a fresh large leaf to serve rice and other foods. , which is very environmentally friendly.
Indians believe that a lot of touch when eating comes from touch. Knives, forks and chopsticks prevent this feeling, so they also block the unique touch. More importantly, grabbing food with your hands can help you know the temperature of the food in advance and avoid burning your tongue or mouth.
Most Indians only use three fingers when grabbing food, that is, the thumb, index finger and middle finger. They first use these three fingers to straighten and press the edge of the dough to form a three-pronged fork shape, and then bend the middle finger to hold the dough still. The thumb and index finger work together to tear off a small piece of dough, and then use three fingers to Working together, wrap the dish with pancakes, just like eating Peking duck, and finally pinch it and put it into your mouth. The pinching action is like holding something with pliers.
In addition to bread, the staple food of Indians also includes rice. When eating rice, first use those three fingers to stir the rice and various vegetable soups evenly, just like a blender stirring cement, then pick up a small pile and put it into your mouth. Some people's fingers are not very sharp, so they use all five fingers at once. After eating the rice, he put his greasy fingers into his mouth one by one, sucked them, and licked them clean before stopping.
There is another rule for Indians to eat. No matter adults or children, they must eat with their right hand. When passing food and tableware to others, they must use their right hand. This is because people think the right hand is clean and the left hand is dirty. This is related to another habit of Indians. After Indians go to the toilet, they do not wipe with paper but flush with water. When flushing, they use their left hand instead of their right hand.
When eating in a restaurant or an Indian home, when the meal is almost finished, the host will often serve everyone a small bowl of warm water with a piece of lemon floating on it. This water must not be drunk. It is used for washing hands. After the meal, a plate of green wheat grain-shaped spices is served for everyone to chew to eliminate the bad smell in the mouth.
Some people may think that Indians eat in an indecent manner, but they should understand that this is just a habit, just like using chopsticks and knives and forks to eat, and there is no distinction between elegance and vulgarity at all.
Because the climate here is hot and people generally like to eat curry (Indian curry is the best in the world), raw onions, etc., these foods have good sterilization ability. Over time, they formed the habit of drinking raw water. Even when we arrive at a big hotel or hotel, the first thing we do to the guests is still a cup of tea. Most people, especially Westerners, think it is very unhygienic. But the Indian people, just like the humans in the era of eating raw materials and drinking blood, have adapted to the environment. In addition, they often eat curry, onions, etc., and can have strong resistance.
Most Indians believe in Hinduism, and religion has a great influence on diet. As we all know, cows are extremely sacred to Indians. Although there are plenty of cows roaming the streets, you will never eat beef in restaurants or at any reception. When you go to McDonald's in India, don't forget not to order the beef "Big Mac" because they only have mutton. If foreigners want to eat beef, they can only buy it at specialized shops where *** live, and take it home to cook it themselves.
Due to religious reasons, there are particularly many vegetarians in India. When inviting an Indian to dinner, you must first find out whether the other person is a vegetarian, otherwise it will be very embarrassing. Strict vegetarians do not even eat eggs, but they usually drink milk. Some devout Hindus also pray before eating.
Once, we invited Indian friends to our home for dinner. After everyone sat down, we suddenly found that one of our friends had closed his eyes and seemed to be silently reciting something. After a while, he opened his eyes and started eating. .
India is one of the largest milk-producing countries in the world, and milk occupies a very important position in the Indian diet. Every morning and evening, there is an endless stream of people going to the state-owned milk stations to get milk. Some large families get several liters of milk per dozen. Breakfast for many Indians is a cup of tea and a few biscuits. Indians generally add milk and sugar to their tea.
In the vegetable market in Delhi, you can also buy snow-white milk tofu, which tastes very rich in milk flavor. Indians especially like to eat sweets. The most traditional sweets in Indian meals are also made with two kinds of cheese and sugar.
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