Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Hot spicy food.

I love a wide variety of foods especially the hot spicy variety. I am particularly fond of Mughlai, Italian, South Indian and Chinese cuisine but in Chinese food they use Ajinomoto which is known to cause cancer. Therefore, I just do not eat it as often as my other types of favourite foods. I have heard certain things about the use of MSG (which is what Ajinomoto is also known as), one of them being that Asian people tend to be less allergic from it and have reactions to it less often than Caucasian people and other races. I personally prefer salt over MSG taste wise, but I do not use it in my own cooking at all. I cannot avoid it when I am eating out, but when eating at home, I am in a better position to decide what ingredients go into my foods.

I love a wide variety of Mughlai foods and it is difficult to choose just one. The mouth watering curries are just simply delicious and the special aroma simply drives me nuts. In Italian foods, I guess pizza is every ones favourite including mine. But I also love their pasta dishes with a heavy dose of sauce. Just like the Mughlai curries, the Italian sauces are simply mouth watering also. There is such a wide variety of sauces available for different dishes. Some South Indian dishes I simply love, like the Masala Dosa, Idili, and Vada. In Chinese foods, I really like only a few dishes like the Veg Manchurian, Rice and Noodle dishes.

Eating the same old stuff every day at home can be real boring. That is why eating a wide variety of dishes can liven up your life and makes your life more enjoyable. But like all things, it should be done in moderation as restaurant foods are usually excessively loaded with salt, oil, fats and other things which might be harmful to your health in the long term.

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