India

Food and wine from India.

The variety of dosa, hailing from Southern India, is a good case to point the diversity in Indian cuisine. Dosa is a pancake-like food prepared from a batter made with rice and lentils. All varieties of dosa begin like that, but each adds a distinctive twist to this delightful dish.

Here is the recipe for plain dosa, the most simple, and a few examples of dosa variations...

Wine did not have the importance in Asia that it always enjoyed in the Western world. It is true that the climate in most of Asia does not encourage wine production but there are some promising areas.

Aloo paratha is a potato stuffed flat bread. This recipe adds complexity and extra flavor. The ingredients and procedure are the same as the plain paratha plus a few extras for the filling.