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South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
n cuisine, also known as Desi
Desi

Desi refers to the people and culture of the Indian and South Asian diaspora. It includes British people Indians, British people Pakistanis, British people Sri Lankans, Indian-Americans, Pakistani-Americans, Sri Lankan Americans and any other persons of South Asian heritage ? with ancestry from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal or Banglades...
 cuisine, includes the cuisine
Cuisine

Cuisine is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade....
s from the Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
. The cuisine of Southwest Asia has roots in several regions and cultures, including Persia, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, and the Middle East as well practices taken from the Hindu beliefs practiced by the large population found in the region. Nan
NaN

In computing, NaN, which stands for Not a Number, is a value or symbol that is usually produced as the result of an operation on invalid input operands, especially in floating point calculations....
, a type of flat bread from the former regions is a common part of meals to be had in many parts of Southwest Asia.






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South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
n cuisine, also known as Desi
Desi

Desi refers to the people and culture of the Indian and South Asian diaspora. It includes British people Indians, British people Pakistanis, British people Sri Lankans, Indian-Americans, Pakistani-Americans, Sri Lankan Americans and any other persons of South Asian heritage ? with ancestry from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal or Banglades...
 cuisine, includes the cuisine
Cuisine

Cuisine is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade....
s from the Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
. The cuisine of Southwest Asia has roots in several regions and cultures, including Persia, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, and the Middle East as well practices taken from the Hindu beliefs practiced by the large population found in the region. Nan
NaN

In computing, NaN, which stands for Not a Number, is a value or symbol that is usually produced as the result of an operation on invalid input operands, especially in floating point calculations....
, a type of flat bread from the former regions is a common part of meals to be had in many parts of Southwest Asia. Foods in this area of the world are known for their use of hot peppers, black pepper, cloves, and other strong spices along with the flavored butter ghee
Ghee

Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in the Indian subcontinent, and is important in South Asian cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine ....
. Common meats include lamb, goat and chicken; beef is not very common as western cuisines because of the tenets of the Hindu faith prohibit its consumption. Other staples of many of the cuisines include rice, chapati
Chapati

File:Chappati.jpgChapati or Chapathi is a thin, unleavened flat bread of South Asia and East Africa. It is also found in Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ghana and parts of West Africa....
 made from wheat and barley, and beans.

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