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Chinese Cuisine RecipesPopularity of the Chinese cuisine recipes, has swept over a third of the world's population. The food is relished for its original, fresh, aromatic and piquant flavours so well crafted in each recipe. Making both cooking and consumption a great culinary experience. However, internally Chinese cuisine varies vastly from region to region. This is mainly due to cultural differences, which gave rise to eight main regional cuisines, or eight great traditions. All of which were introduced by the different dynastic rule. Despite these differences, having a fine taste for culinary has played a pivotal role in the Chinese culture. Buy: Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking 
Its root lay in 2 dominant philosophies Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism Confucius induced culinary standards and table etiquettes, which are followed till this day, by most people. He emphasised, that cooking was not about individual ingredients and flavours, but a blend of multiple ingredients and condiments with harmony. Equally important was the colour and texture of the dishes, because apart from the taste, the food should be appealing to the eyes as well. He introduced the art of bite size cutting of foods, which is unique to Chinese preparation. Taoism It emphasised on hygienic standards of food preparation, with the aim of longevity and good health. Taoists laid emphasis on vegetarianism in Chinese cooking. They not only explored the nutritional value of vegetables, but also the medicinal properties. They propagated a low fat cooking style (steaming, stewing, stir frying) with due importance on preserving the nutritional properties in vegetables. Buy The Tao of Eating: Feeding Your Soul Through Everyday Experiences with Food 
Today Chinese food has spread to many other parts of the world. With the ease in availability of Chinese recipe ingredients like bamboo shoots, napa cabbage, bean sprouts, condiments etc at supermarkets and online stores. Cookery books and free recipe articles can be found online, which serve as a step-by-step guide in helping learn Chinese cookery People have realised the ease and simplicity in cooking these recipes in their homes. And Chinese food is no longer an occasional treat confined to a restaurant. This ever increasing interest and appreciation has given rise to another form of cooking - fusion recipes. Different cuisines have given a regional touch to the original recipes as per their taste for instance Indo-Chinese (Indian Chinese recipes like vegetable Manchurian) or American-Chinese (recipes like American chopsuey). Or have simply created their own variation using Chinese ingredients like the sweet and sour sauce. Move to food for thought from chinese cuisine recipes page Return to homepage |
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