importance of food in rituals

religious part of indian cuisine, hinduism has many rituals as if i am not wrong this life style is having most rituals to perform, set against the way of life we lead. from birth to death and after death the rituals continue with you even at a after life stage. food in this sence plays greater part of the ceremoneis performed and food is also set for that the order of the fod and the ipportance has been documented in our holy books, or the bramhn who will let us know.
every festivals and celebration has been assigned with a some kind of food the food which has been assigned is based on scientifically perfect such as on january 14 hindus celebrate makar sankrant when sun moves to capricorn nad the winter starts the food on that day eaten is 'sesame seed and jaggery' mixture called as tilgul. the oil in sesame seed gives the needed fat and jaggery the sweetness and warmth.

regional cuisine

india a subcontinent to explain in better ways, this is a country of vivid cuisine and customs i have disussed this before in the world of flavours section. the regional cuisine is so diverse. in a modern india it has 28 states which have in broad sense 28 cuisines but even some state hide more diverse part of their cuisine.
geographical diverse has gave india the variety in its food and people. Moreover the land and the available fresh food played great part in the regional cuisine of india lets look at in the following article. well while describing this we as per geographical and cultural differences in a broader senses lets make 4 divisions of india North, West, East, south, each has a diverse cuisine which not even matches anywhere
while starting from kashmir, india's pride state on up in the north surrounded by beautyful valleys and himalayan ranges. The cuisine here is great and flavoured with mixed culture of kashmiri pandit who are hindus and muslims. fresh food fruits and dryfruits are in abudance, as in contrast bramhin in this part of india eat lamb but not chiken, the signature lamb preparation is rogan josh. the diverse vegetation and its production is done here mostly the lakes provide the food stems of lotus used beautifully