South Asian cuisine Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About South Asian cuisine
With 1.75 billion inhabitants, a land area larger than theEuropean Union, a countless number of languages and dialects, and millennia of written history, South Asia is difficult to conceptualize. However, the region has had some unifying cultural factors. While the Dharmic religions (mainlyHinduism,Sikhism,BuddhismandJainism) are rooted in the region,Islam,Christianityand a smallJewishcommunity also have long histories, along with aZoroastriancommunity (called the Parsees or Iranis depending on when they migrated from Persia/Iran to India). All these religions have contributed to the kaleidoscope of flavours now generically called "Indian cuisine". For example, Hindus avoid beef but tend to make great use of dairy products such as yogurt and cheese (paneer); among Muslims in Northern India
South Asian cuisine Travel Guide Sections
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