Why Indians love to use their hands to grab rice
Why do Indians love to use their hands to grab rice, how do not use utensils? Are not afraid of hot?
India is one of the four ancient civilizations, the Indian culture is indeed very special and mysterious, so that many tourists around the world to travel to India, and Indian food culture is also equally special, the Indian use of spices in the ingredients that is world-famous, and the taste is also very good, and the most famous Indian food culture or the Indian hand-held rice, why do not the Indians use spoons chopsticks knife and fork these utensils Why do Indians not use spoons, chopsticks, knives and forks to eat people choose to grab it by hand?
First of all, here and we say that India has cutlery, although they are not infiltrated by the East Asian cultural circle chopsticks because of the natural danger Hia Lamas, but there are still other cutlery, the reason for choosing hand-held rice is because Indian cutlery in ancient times that is the patent of the noble family, and the poor can only hand-held rice. In addition, there are historical and traditional reasons, which is more crucial. In Indian culture, food is a gift from the gods to humans, so in order to show respect for food and the gods, they use their hands to eat among themselves, and the symbol of cleanliness of the right hand to eat, which is also considered part of the Indian diet.
In addition to culture, there are climatic reasons, the Indian geographic climate is hot and dry, and the northwest of India has a vast desert, India's summer temperatures can even reach 40-50 degrees, so Indians are still very fond of cold food, even curry is also considered to be cooled to eat, because the hand-held rice is not worried about hot hands.
Of course there is a very key reason that is convenient, this Indian people like to use a variety of spices, but also like to make the dish into a paste. Then with the rolls and rice to eat it is particularly convenient. And in addition to the plate also does not need other tableware. Still very convenient.
These are a few reasons why Indians are very fond of hand-held rice, of course, is not absolute, now cutlery in India is very popular among the general public, so what to eat with, the Indian public is still very much the right to choose.