Today, depression is far more common than you anticipate.
The depressing fact about depression is that most people disbelief that depression is just unhealthy amounts of sadness and narrow it down to only constant breakdowns and visible suicidal traits. To state proper facts, depression is far more powerful; unseen. It lives among us in the darkest corners, and its victims are more concealed than you think.
So, you may be someone who’s beating this in silence or you may know someone who is.
Let me breakdown to you how Indian food can be your real friend.
It’s science
This dynamic cuisine is a journey of spices. With every mouthful, without fail, you feel that tolerable zing of spices from the turmeric to chili flakes to the mother of Indian food; garam masala.
Let’s be real. Sure enough it may burn your mouth and stomach if you’re faint hearted but who doesn’t fancy a hot butter chicken curry?
And wouldn’t you come back for more?
So why do we find pleasure in this pain?
One explanation is, it’s for the thrill of it. Where we get this thrill from is where the science comes in. Funnily enough, what makes us greed for more is the actual spices in this food. These spices boost our feel-good hormones like serotonin, allowing up the thrill after each mouthful and leaves us craving for more. A reason why Indian food is satisfaction to the soul.
It’s something for everyone
You maybe a mighty meat lover struggling to find a new taste out of your grill or you might be a vegan trying to find the perfect food to fit your ethics and some good flavor. Don’t you worry, Indians got you covered.
Add some coriander and brush some yogurt and just like that you can level up your Sunday roast.
Tired of salads? Indian is one of the friendliest cuisines for vegetarians. There are around 500 million vegetarians in India and they’re playing around with their spices and veggies, creating new dishes all the time.
Contrary to popular belief, all Indian dishes are not curries. But even curries take so much variation from – watery, dry, green, hot, korma that it is impossible you don’t find your perfect taste match. Putting aside all the naan, bread and roti, biriyani on its own, has more than 50 unique recipes.
Indian cuisine is a beautiful product of the variations from the 29 states. Each adding their own unique culture and taste. It serves something for everyone. Every mouthful gives you the perfect sense of satisfaction, joy and warmth. This is a cuisine that fails you not to put a wide smile on you even on a gloomy day.
Safe to play around
Cooking and baking are pursuits that fit a therapy known as Behavioral Activation. This is linked to boosting your positive thinking, creativity, self-satisfaction and curbing procrastination. What you truly feel after completing your own dish is a sense of self-accomplishment.
There’s somewhat joy in cutting in to a ripped tomato, tossing it with some shallots and biting in to its rich caramelized sensation. The tongue tingling flavors of Indian cuisine is one of the most fitting cooking therapies. A basic 20-30 spices are used in many dishes – cumin, garam masala, coriander, chilies to name a few and there’s infinite ways of cooperating them in to your dish.
You can simply start off with a dish you already know – a chicken curry, a whole baked fish or even a green salad. Next you can infuse these Indian flavors as you wish. There simply are no rules you can possibly break. It’s simply that easy. The best part is, the technique of Indian cuisine is a hybrid of almost all international cuisines. They incorporate a wide range of techniques like – baking, frying, wok tossing, smoking that you can create a dish from what you already know.
You don’t need the most expensive ingredients to bring the taste of India to your kitchen. Keep it simple and embrace the attitude of its bold flavors. With its assortment of spices, condiments and aroma, Indian food allows its makers to feel creative and adventurous.
It’s all about the fambam
If there’s one thing that makes Indian food stand out from the rest it’s – generosity. This is a meal not fit for just one soul, it aims at bringing people together. A cuisine where cooking is made fun. From washing up the veggies, chopping the shallots to rubbing that spice mix on the meat, Indian food brings families and friends together.
Indian food is not a meal just prepped but an adventure incurred. In fact It’s not a meal where you sit with a napkin and sharpen your cutlery but an aromatic procedure of being absorbed in all the flavors.
The array of dishes of curries, salads, rice and bread is invitation enough to bring everyone together and get everyone started. A cultural cuisine that bring generations of family and friends together to one table. Most importantly it’s a meal that leaves no one behind.
So, if it’s Indian food, you’re not having dinner alone tonight.
