The chapter also presents briefly the patterns of spice utilization in India. The nutraceutical properties of spices are mentioned briefly and also the safety issues and toxicological aspects.Ravindran, P. N.Former Director & National Co-Ordinator for Spices Research, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices ...
This introductory chapter also presents how spices were intimately related to the sociocultural life of the Indian people. The role of spices in Indian traditional medicine and their role in Indian culinary art are briefly presented. Spices products and value addition are dealt with briefly, and ...
The term Indian cuisine refers to the foods and methods of preparation traditional to India, which has a diverse range of cuisines. Indian cuisine can be dated to the prehistoric period and is found across the world wherever there is a significant Indian
The Gupta period has been referred to as the Golden Age of Indian history. When Chandragupt I received the gift of Pataliputra in dowry when he married the daughter of the chief of the ‘Licchavis’, he started to lay down the foundation of his empire, which extended from th...
For much of the pre-Colonial period, the West played the role of eager consumer of the spices, silks and luxuries of the Subcontinent, while India was the prosperous supplier. As early as the reign of Nero, there was such a dramatic drain of Western gold to India that St...
of spices in sauces and their general decline in all manner of recipes. Britain and North America retained a certain affection for spices through the cuisine of foreigners – Indian and Mexican restaurants, for example. Some of this love of the piquant has now spread through culinary ...
King Manual I of Portugal had a large influence on bringing spices to his country. Several sea voyages helped establish a trade route to India. By AD 1501, via the port of Lisbon, Portugal had large quantities of Indian spices such as cinnamon, cassia, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, mace, and ...
A Brief History of the saree blouse and Indian fashion before 1960 with an occasional excursion after. All images are credited but if they are here by accident please do let me know and I will take it down. All posts also on vintageindianclothing.tumbl
It was one of the largest empires to rule the Indian subcontinent, stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas, and to the east stretching into what is now Assam. To the west, it reached beyond modern Pakistan, annexing Balochistan and much of what is now Afghanista...
Black pepper originated in the monsoon forests of the Malabar Coast in southwestern India in prehistoric times; it has been used in Indian cooking for over 4,000 years. Egyptians also used the spice in mummification rituals as early as the 1200s B.C. Two thousand years ago, pepper reached ...