Chinese menus

Chinese menus offer a wide variety of food.There will be two things to a typical Chinese meal-a carbohydrate or starch like noodles, rice or buns, and accompanying fries or veggie, fish and meat dishes. They use many fresh vegetables such as mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo, and even tofu. Wheat-based accompaniments such as noodles and steamed buns dominate the table in North China, as opposed to South China where rice is a staple. The short-grain sticky rice, which is grown all over Southern China, is absolutely irresistible.

Chinese Cuisine Indianisation

Indian Chinese cuisine is considered to have begun its journey in Kolkata, where a small Chinese community has existed for more than a century and made its way into the hearts of all. It is an adaptation of the Chinese sauces, seasoning and other methods of cooking such as steaming and stir-frying. Many street food vendors and restaurants serve the so-called Hakka cuisine with prominent dishes such as Manchurian, American Chop Suey, Sweet and Sour, Chow Mein and others. Due to the use of some Indian ingredients these have similar textures but different flavours.

Chinese dishes in India, which have not even been tasted by the Chinese.

Manchurian: 

The creation of Chicken Manchurian is indeed credited to China Garden's Nelson Wang who introduced Manchurian to Mumbai in 1975. He started playing around with quintessential Indian ingredients such as garlic , ginger, chilli and just added a splash of soya sauce instead of garam masala-and voila. There are now many variations that are made with paneer, gobi, mutton and fish.

Chowmein: 

Chowmein is called chāu-mèing in China, and is basically a portion of boiled noodles covered with greens, scrambled eggs and soy sauce. But in India, in every household, it is pan fried, really spicy and a favourite.

Fried Rice: 

                                  

Fry it all and the Indian subcontinent is a winner of a dish. Our version was originally steamed in China and is greasy and spiced with red chilli powder, garam masala and green chilies.

Spring Rolls: 

Dumplings ready for spring's welcome. But here in India, they are golden fried, filled with julienne vegetables and mostly served as party snacks.