Food Mumbai!!!!!!!

Mumbai is the largest financial hub in India, one of the largest financial hubs in the world, the world’s most populated city, thus for sure it would have the most number and widest variety of food in India. The world’s richest live in Mumbai; the world’s poorest also live in Mumbai, thus different people with different wealth eats different food.

Plain Chapatti Chapatti eaten together with spicy vegetables

Let’s start with a poor man’s food in India. In the diet of a poor Indian, the main food that is eaten by him or her is the chapatti. Chapatti, to them is like our bread, thus it is a staple food for them. However, the chapatti is still different from bread that we eat as it is flatter and unleavened. The chapatti is made of wheat flour and is cooked on a flat skillet, however by doing this the chapatti is only partially cooked, to be ready to be served the chapatti still needs to be roasted over the naked flame. The chapatti most of the time is not plainly eaten, it is eaten together with other accompaniments like chilies or other food like the tandoori chicken, however most of the time the poor people eat the chapatti together with chilies.

Indian green chilli

Next up there is the chili, especially the green chili. The green chili is grow wildly and almost everywhere in India, thus if Indians want to eat chili, they could just pluck it from any bush where chili is growing on. The poor would just eat the chilies plainly with the chapatti and at most it is eaten with a pinch of salt to add taste to it. If you ask the question why Indians are not scared of spicy food, this might probably be the answer to your question.

Indian vegetable curry Lamb curry with naan

Curry, curry also plays an important part and the fact that India’s curry is one of the most famous ones in the world. Curry consists of spices which give it its unique taste. Curry is normally eaten with rice and Indian bread, like naan and chapatti. Due to the fact that the poor do not have the money to afford certain ingredients, thus the curry for the poor has lesser ingredients and is most of the time vegetables, which are rather cheap, and are easy to get.

Indian tea (Masala chai)

India is a country known for its production of red tea. Tea is drunk by both the rich and the poor. The Indian way of drinking tea has also been influenced by the British, due to the fact that it was then a British colony. Indians usually add milk and sugar to their tea, so as to create a thick milky concoction. Spices like cinnamon and ginger are also added so that there would be a unique fragrance in the tea. Indians have a habit of drinking tea in the morning for the fact that they believe that drinking tea gives them a refreshing feeling, and would also wake them up. However, most importantly, drinking tea has became a common practice in India is because it is cheap, thus the poor would also be able to afford it.

These foods simply make up the diet of the poor.

For the fact that the world’s richest also live in Mumbai, thus they eat again a different type of food.

Basmati rice Basmati rice served together with curry

The main diet of the rich unlike the poor are not Indian breads, however they eat rice, and specifically the Basmati rice. The Basmati rice is grown in both India and Pakistan. It is long grain rice and is notable for its fragrance, thus it is called ‘the fragrant one’ in Sanskrit. The Basmati rice is like the chapatti has to be eaten with other accompaniments. Curry is often served together with the Basmati rice.

The curry of the rich again is different from the poor. The ingredients of the curry consist of meat like chicken, fish, and mutton. However, a large number of Indians are vegetarians, thus some of rich, who are vegetarians still eat vegetable curry.

Tandoori Chicken in Mumbai Butter Chicken

India has also been known for its chicken dishes and one of the most famous ones is the tandoori chicken, which is marinated with spices, then roasted or grilled either in the traditional clay oven or over the traditional grill. The tandoori chicken was so delicious that it had impressed the Indian prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and many international leaders have enjoyed it including American presidents, Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. Now, the tandoori chicken is not just found in India, and it can be found in other parts of the world, including countries as far as the United States. Other chicken dishes include dishes like Butter Chicken.

Mumbai is just beside the sea, thus there is a wide variety of seafood in it, prawns, crabs, and pomfrets. Thus, there are also certain seafood recipes there, ranging from the traditional curries to other fusion cuisines.

Indian food is one of the world’s most unique cuisines with its unique curry, unique tandoori chicken, and Indian food has received good response from people around the world and now Indian food is not only found in India, but found around the world. This is the power of Indian food.