Saturday, December 3, 2016

Everyone knows that Indian weddings are large, colorful and have lots of pizzazz. But, quite often the one thing that most people forget to mention is the food.

Food is an essential factor of the great Indian wedding. In fact, food is the essential factor at most Indian celebrations and it intensifies at weddings. Indian weddings often have as many as 15 courses starting with refreshing beverages and ending with desserts. Not just that, in many parts of India it is common to find several types of cuisines at a wedding. So, while you have your basic North Indian and South Indian fare, there are also live pasta counters, Chinese food station, Arabic delicacies and a choice of several Western desserts. Yes, Indian wedding food is lavish!

A surprising point of Indian wedding food is that a lot of it is vegetarian. In fact, in South India, Hindu weddings always have an all vegetarian spread and there can be as many as 100 dishes served at the wedding.

Northern and coastal Indian weddings will include meat, unless the families in question follow a vegetarian lifestyle. So, chicken, lamb and fish will always be there along with vegetarian curries and sides.

Cakes are traditionally not a part of Indian weddings unless it’s a Christian family. But, things are changing and several couples incorporate a cake cutting ceremony into their wedding these days. Not surprising considering that the mithai (sweets) is where the action’s at in Indian weddings. Any wedding worth its salt will have at least 3 varieties of sweets and the count can go up depending on the affluence and generosity of the host.


Calorie counting is not a strong point in any Indian wedding. Actually, it’s not a point at all. If you are invited to a wedding, it is expected that you will stuff yourself and go back home more rounded than when you came in. Anything less, would be an insult to the host! 

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