What Indian Food are You?
What Indian Food are You?
The Hindu festival of lights shine upon us in less than a week, and we Singaporeans know that Indian cuisine is well-known for its buffet of delectable offerings! With so many options to choose from, what should you fill your tummy with this festive season? We might be able to help you pick out which Indian dish best represents you, so you’ll spend less time fretting over which delicious dish to dig into and more time relishing in the splendid flavours.
The Hindu festival of lights shine upon us in less than a week, and we Singaporeans know that Indian cuisine is well-known for its buffet of delectable offerings! With so many options to choose from, what should you fill your tummy with this festive season? We might be able to help you pick out which Indian dish best represents you, so you’ll spend less time fretting over which delicious dish to dig into and more time relishing in the splendid flavours.
What’s your idea of an ideal vacation?
How outgoing would you say you are?
How would you feel if you had to eat Indian food for a whole week, for all three meals of the day?
What is your tolerance level for spicy food?
Favourite vegetable?
What’s your idea of comfort food?
What’s the one quality in a date that attracts you?
Finally, what’s your favourite condiment?
Khichdi
Khichdi
You love the simple things and in life. When things get rough, you seek solace in friends and food, and so Khichdi would do just the trick. Did you know that Khichdi has been scientifically proven to be a comfort food? Did you also know the reason why? Well, in India, Khichdi is generally served to people who are sick or unwell and is every hospital’s favourite food. It is also jokingly called ‘beemaron ka khana‘ meaning food for the sick. Since Indians have grown up eating khichdi when unwell, they automatically associate it with food that gives comfort or that makes you feel good when you are low. It is but natural to turn to khichdi in times of stress.
Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken
You’re easily sociable and likeable; it’s easy for people to want to be around you. That’s why butter chicken is like your spirit food, with its global appeal. Its creamy, rich and too good to turn down. The story behind butter chicken can be traced back to a man named Kundan Lal Gujral, who ran a restaurant called Moti Mahal Delux in Peshawar before the partition of British India. With the partition of British India, Moti Mahal moved to New Delhi.
Briyani
Briyani
You truly believe variety is the spice of life, and with so many varieties of briyani, what’s not to love? And just like the mystical origins of the dish, your thirst for adventure never ceases! Among all the stories behind the beginnings of briyani, the most popular stems from the belief that the dish was invented in in the 15th century during Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s rule. Once when his queen Mumtaz Mahal visited the military barracks, she found that the soldiers were malnourished and required a meal that could provide them with sufficient nutrients. That’s when she told her royal chef to cook a rice dish which would encompass all the necessary nutrients and therein lay the origin of world’s first briyani – a dish that went on to mesmerise millions of people over the centuries!
Kozi Kari
Kozi Kari
You take on challenges in life fearlessly, and with plenty of fire! This dish comes from Kerala and is believed to have been first introduced in India by early Jewish settlers. This is a hot chicken curry made with a combination of hot fresh green chilli peppers and dried ground red chilli peppers. The variety of spices used in this dish make it one of the spiciest curries you’ll ever find in India.