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I lived in India until I was twenty six years old, but right now I live in Canada. I learned a lot about cooking from my mother in India. Food is the substance we eat every day for energy and strength that we need in regular life. My Mother had made food I feel like healthy and energetic that time we didn't have oven, micro, and any gas cylinder, she used wood , and tree branches for cooking every day. She made us good food every day and cooked fresh food it was very delicious.

Most people in Punjab, where I am from, are vegetarian. Their cooking includes rice, tomatoes, potatoes, lentils, chickpeas, onions, yogurt and specially in winter time we have saag, which is a vegetable. We also make the most common spices used to flavor which are: turmeric, cumin, coriander, mustard seeds, cardamom, chili, garlic, cloves, saffron fennel, nutmeg, bay leaves, curry leaves, star anise and fenugreek.

Now there is Indian food all over the world. Traditional cooking was theme based cooking where everything should be given proper time and ingredients on the basis of which you get the best taste. While on the other hand, modern cooking methods are specifically designed to cook food easily and within less time. A long time ago, red, black and green lentils were the most widely consumed ones. Grains that were used included: wheat, barley, rice, maize, and bajra were widely consumed, both in flour and grain form. All grains were called Khichdi.

Old, traditional cooking techniques are better than modern cooking and better than fast food. They were tastier and healthier. Now, we are always in a rush so we hardly ever get to enjoy these old ways.