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Indian Cuisine

↳ from North, India

Not one cuisine but dozens: wheat and dairy in the north, rice, coconut and curry leaves in the south, mustard oil and fish in the east, and sweet-sour vegetarian food in the west. Ayurveda's six tastes and religious traditions (Jain, vegetarian) shape it.

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Specialties

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What India drinks

Masala chai, lassi, filter coffee, feni, toddy, Indian single malt

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WhiskySpirits

Indian Single Malt Whisky

India's hot climate makes whisky mature much faster than in Scotland, so young Indian malts taste rich and rounded. Indian single malts now win international awards.

from India · Goa
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Indian Whisky (Molasses-based)

Most whisky sold in India is distilled from molasses and blended with a little malt whisky. In Europe it would legally be called a spirit drink rather than whisky.

from India
BrandySpirits

Indian Brandy

Brandy is the best-selling spirit category in South India. Most is molasses-based with added grape spirit and flavouring.

from India · Popular in Tamil Nadu
RumSpirits

Indian Dark Rum

India is one of the world's largest rum markets. Indian dark rums are sweet, vanilla-led and often aged several years; rum with hot water is a classic hill-station winter drink.

from India · Popular in North India and the armed forces
GinSpirits

Indian Craft Gin

A fast-growing category, many made in Goa, using botanicals like Darjeeling tea, Goan cashew, tulsi, kokum and mango.

from India · Goa
Asian SpiritsSpirits

Feni

Goa's heritage spirit with a GI tag. Cashew feni is distilled from the fermented juice of the cashew apple and has a strong, fruity, funky aroma. Urrak is its lighter first distillate.

from India · Goa
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