Asian Cuisine – a scrumptious culinary

Asia, the world’s largest landmass, is admired for its diversities but the appealing is its food that adds up to most of the contribution. Asia offers the most relishing delicacies in the world. So visiting Asia for enjoying its world-class cuisine is a must. Asian cuisine speaks a lot about its history, culture, lifestyle, and environment.

Asia comprises 48 countries, which means Asian cuisine bestows varieties of dishes from all the corners of the continent.

Asian cooking techniques, different spices, fusion has transfigured so-called peasant food into a popular forte.  Asia’s love for rice has made it the most commonly used ingredient all over Asia.

Apart from rice, other commonly used ingredients are a variety of loaves of bread, ginger, garlic, soy, chilies, onions, sesame (both seed and oil), tofu, etc.

In most parts of Asia, curry dishes, either curd base or coconut milk-base, are a big part of the main course alongside rice or loaves of bread.

Asian Tea:

Tea is a quintessential part of Asian cuisine. Asian people are so fond of tea that they celebrate tea ceremonies in most parts of the continent.

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History tells us that it was China that introduced tea to the world. Different varieties of tea like black tea, oolong tea, red tea, jasmine tea, green tea, matcha tea, white tea, chamomile tea, peppermint tea, earl grey tea, and many more are consumed in the different parts of Asia.

Asian cuisine comprises a variety of dishes coming from 5 distinct regions of Asia, namely :

# Southern part Asia, which includes countries like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Sikkim.

# Eastern Asia, which includes countries like China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Tibet.

# Central Asia, which includes countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

# Southeast Asia, which includes countries like Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, etc.

# West Asia, which includes countries like Assyria, Syria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kurds, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Yemen, Saudi Arabia.

A few popular Asian Cuisine delicacies :

• Pecking duck, noodle soup of China
• Sushi, Shio ramen of Japan
• Momos of Nepal
• Nasi Goreng of Indonesia
• Amok of Cambodia
• Chicken rice, Chili crab of Singapore
• Kimchi of Korea

• Dim sum of Hongkong
• Chapli Kebab of Pakistan
• Kibbeh, Shawarma of Lebanon
• Nan-e Sangak of Iran
• Pita bread of Turkey
• Pad Thai, mango sticky rice, green curry of Thailand

• Spicy curries, tandoori kebab, keema, various street food of India
• Pad Thai, mango sticky rice, green curry of Thailand
• Spicy curries, tandoori kebab, keema, various street food of India

The best part of Asian cuisine is that it is lighter on the tummy part; it is considered to be a healthier cuisine compare to other cuisines in the world.

 

As per experts, Asian food plays a key role in keeping Asian people healthy. Western country inhabitants suffer from severe health issues because of their inappropriate food habits. Therefore, people are understanding and getting more inclined towards having Asian Cuisine across the globe.

 

Asian food is available all over the globe became of its high demand. It has now got a good grip all over the world.