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The Indian lifestyle does not separate food from medicine, nor cooking from worship. When an Indian cook rolls a dough ball, they press their thumb into the center, creating a dent—a tradition to "bury the ego" so the bread rises soft. When they make rice pudding ( Kheer ), they stir it only in one direction to promote harmony.

To understand the cooking traditions, one must look at the Indian pantry. It is not stocked for a week; it is stocked for a season, and in some cases, a year.