Indian Food Corner
About
I was born and brought up in north of India into a vegetarian family. I completed my higher studies in London in Marketing & Advertising. Since the beginnning of my young age I was very keen to learn cooking and to try out new cuisines. I learnt to cook everyday's food from my mother at very young age. But I developed an inclination towads cooking while I was a student and was studying in London. Initially I started with learning cakes, chocolates, cocktails and different cusines. But later on it gave me confidence to try and experiment my own recipes.
Experimentative fun cooking sessions with friends were also very insightful. This sessions taught me that food is not only made by standard recipes but also with ones own sense of creativity.
Our belief...
One of the most important recipe for our cooking is use of fresh ingredients. Being a follower of Jainism we believe only in healthy vegetarian food. Indian Food Corner was opened early this year with the idea of introducing a variety of more Indian Food in Manchester.
As we all know that now everything is at our doorstep by a click on our laptop. So here we are to change style of learning to cook indian Food. Now is as good a time, as any to get started. Diverse, delicious and not as difficult to cook as you might think, Indian is among the leading cuisines of the world. With every state, city and even every home having its own recipes for thousands of dishes, you can imagine how the variety is absolutely mind-boggling! Contrary to popular belief, Indian food is not just about curry, chillies and oil! There is probably no other cuisine in the world that includes as many healthy and diverse vegetables and spices. In India, cooking is considered an art and mothers usually begin to teach their daughters and pass down family recipes by show-and-tell, fairly young in life. As a matter of fact, food is very serious business. In most Indian homes, even in this day and age when most women work outside the home, if one is not cooking or eating a meal, one is planning what to cook next! Meals almost always include several dishes, dessert and a staple or two like rice and Chapatis. Over the course of history, various invaders have passed through India and left their stamp behind on its cuisine. There was Aryan, Persian, Arab, British and Portuguese to name just a few. The result is foods that are so delicious, some of them are legendary! Join me as we explore the delicious depths of Indian cuisine! Here are some resources to help you get started.
Neha Jain
