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Indian Festive Foods
To augment the richness of Indian festivals, Indian Festive Foods have gained popularity.

India is a cosmopolitan country and enjoys different religions living together. The country is also the background of various cultures. All the religious beliefs celebrate their own festivals. Indian culinary is associated with Indian festival. Each particular religion has their distinct dish to mark the celebration. The Indian food is influenced by varied religious beliefs and the festival cuisine depends on the popular faiths. Indian Festive Foods have become popular in the other countries too.

Indian Festive Foods India celebrates its religious festivals almost all the year round. These festivals offer a great opportunity to enjoy the traditional delicacies. These dishes are cooked using the traditional recipes. Moreover, these traditional recipes have been passed on from generations to generations. Each festival brings ceremonious food. In addition to that, these special recipes provide a great opportunity to discover and taste the delicacies of Indians. Major festivals of India such as Diwali, Holi, Eid or Christmas prepare sweets which receives attraction among the Indian Festive Foods

Every festival in India has a different approach towards food, for example Holi offers an opportunity to enjoy some of the best sweet delicacies. Among the Indian Festive Foods, a wide diversity in cooking is experienced. Diwali is one of the grand festivals celebrated all over the country. It is one of the major Hindu festivals and is celebrated for five- days. Besides being a bright festival, Diwali, this festival also follows the custom of offering sweets to the deities who are worshipped and sharing those as blessings. Diwali Delicacies include sweets which are prepared traditionally. The dish also includes food such as delicious rawa laddoos to ghathia and other mouth watering delights.

Christmas Delicacies also form a significant part of the Indian Festive Foods. Christmas is a celebration of a gala feast. Christmas cakes and cookies are included in the delicacies. A taste of delightful cakes, snacks and cookies are offered in this festival. Ramzan Eid Delicacies is enjoyed by the Muslim community as well as by the other communities. This is one of the Indian Festive Foods that provide marvelous dishes. The EID delicacies include mutton korma, badami ghosht, badami phirni, sheer korma or seviyan.

Other Indian Festive Foods comprise of Durga Puja Delicacies, Navratri Delicacies, Makar Sankranti Delicacies, Holi Recipes Delicacies. All these are major Hindu festivals and special emphasis is laid on the sweets. Pongal Delicacies and Onam Delicacies reflect the taste of southern part of India. Pongal the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu and offers two main dishes such as `Sweet Pongal` and `Salt Pongal` along with other dishes of rice and `Avial`, which is a concoction of vegetables.

The grand feast of Onam is served in a special manner. `Onasadhya`, is an impressive spread of delicacies which is served in Banana leafs. Other delicacies such as curries, `pappadams` (round crisp flour cakes), `achaars` (pickles) and `payasams` and `prathamans` as desserts as well as fruits are also served as a part of the dish. Indian Festive Foods are available in variety and it is reflected in the special Navratri cuisine. The culinary delights include special courses which are strictly vegetarian. Specific ingredients and vegetables are used that vary from one region to another. However, dishes prepared with milk, curd; fruits and nuts.

(Last Updated on : 3/02/2009)
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