What's the difference between Chinese and Indian food?!
Answers:
They are very different.
Cooking style....Chinese Food are Stir fried on very high heat, steamed, pickled, simmered etc
Indian Food are made with "Daam" or cooked in sealed pot, "Tandoor" or an earthen oven, in Paranth or a flat wok, other than using simple cooking methods.
Wheat is eaten in the for of Noodle in China where as in India it's mainly flat bread or tortilla type.
Rice is used as plain steamed rice in both the countries, but seasoned rice varies in seasoning style. Chinese seasoning of rice is sauce based that coats the rice, while Indian seasoning of rice is made during cooking itself so the Aroma goes in the rice itself.
Oils are different....Chinese use most of white oils like Peanut oil, sunflower oil and also animal fat like lard. Sesame oil for seasoning
Indian cooking uses Mustard oil, Coconut Oil, some bit of white oil and lots of Ghee or clarified butter.
Chinese cooking do not use Curd, Indian use it a lot.
Chinese food uses lot of variety of meat and poultry, fish and sea food....and lesser animals too.
Indian cooking is restricted to fewer number of animal protein source.
Indian food also uses lot of milk based products other than Ghee and Curd....Paneer or Cottage Cheese is not used in Chinese food.
Both the food has wide regional variety and the cooking styles have been evolved over several 1000 years.
There are many differences between Chinese and Indian food. For one, they use different spices (though both use a good amount of ginger). Secondly, Indian food often contain more dairy; in the form of ghee or clarified butter. Thirdly, they have vastly different cultures, traditions, and histories behind their foods. However, one crucial similarity between the two is that both cuisines are diverse. Sichuan cuisine is different from Cantonese cuisine just like Punjabi food is different from food made in Kerala.
As a side note, you should try Burmese food. It's essentially a fusion of Indian and Chinese cuisines.
there are so many differences i dont evem know where to begin. And one more thing what do u mean by indian , east indian or west indian, because the foods can differ there to. But anyways chinese food uses different sauces and different seasonings while indian food tends to have more spices to is. When i say spices i dont necessarily mean as in spicy, but more seasoning. The seasonings that they use are also very different.
^ RAMEN IS JAPANESE omgosh dumb as hell.. anyways that's like asking what's the difference between jamaicain and greek foods.. big difference right. indians tend to use more spicy seasonings and saffron, coconut milk etc.. they have curry and naan bread, baajis and samosas that type of thing.. chinese is more deep fried prawns, wontons, spring rolls, duck (there's alot of duck recepies) orange duck or aromatic etc.. then noodles, fried rice and sweet n sour dishes
one's from china and one's from India???
Chinese food tends to be much more greasy and tend to be based around rice with assorted foods while Indian foods tend to be more based upon curries and rice.
Indian food has a lot of spices in it. Chinese food has a lot of oil in it.
Indian food more hot and spicy,
Chineese food more sweet and saucy..
Chinese food have food such as ~~ Ramen, Fried Rice
Indian food have food such as == Curry, Nan, e.t.c...
chinese have more different kind of food