Indian food lovers are settled in every corner of the world. Today we will tell you about such a specialty of Indian food which you might not know. If you are also fond of Indian food, then let us tell you an inside story related to it. There are some dishes included in the list of Indian food items. Which do not spoil immediately. You can easily eat them for 1-2 days.
Let us know in detail which are those dishes which if prepared today can be eaten tomorrow as well. It is not that the taste gets spoiled, rather after becoming stale the taste of these dishes increases twofold.
According to the news published in Indian Express, a person named Krish Ashok shared a video on his Instagram in which he told many things about left over food. Which hardly people would know. He said that have you ever wondered why yesterday’s fish curry, biryani and vatha kuzhambu taste more delicious after staying in the fridge overnight? But puri and chapati do not taste that good?
Sushma ji, clinical dietician at Care Hospitals, Banjar Hills, Hyderabad, said, different types of chemical reactions take place in many foods. Due to this, their taste changes.
Sushma tells that there are 7 types of chemical reactions in food.
Maillard reaction: Amino acids and sugars react together to enhance flavor.
Enzymatic activity: Enzymes in foods such as fats or proteins continue to break down after cooking.
Starch retrogradation: During this process, starch starts forming in the food.
Oxidation – When exposed to air, new flavors can develop in food.
Microbial fermentation – organisms present inside the food cause fermentation
Flavor compound diffusion – when different ingredients mix together over a long period of time.
Moisture starts developing in the food – When moisture starts developing in the food.
Does heating and cooling of food cause changes in its taste?
It is often said that heating food enhances its taste. Cooling and then reheating food definitely enhances its taste. Because many types of chemical reactions take place in it. Sushma says that if the moisture of a food is gone, then it can be kept for a long time. When starch-rich food hardens, the fat present in it disappears. Food becomes soft or hard due to chemical reactions taking place in the food.
Does stale food also taste delicious?
Many times people turn their face away at the mention of stale food because it is believed that stale food tastes bad. Fresh food is better in terms of taste. People are not quick to offer stale food to anyone. But apart from all these things, we have brought some special tricks for food lovers. We will tell you about such food items which you can easily eat stale.
Fish
There is a good news for people who like to eat fish. Especially people living in Bihar-UP often fry fish and keep it so that it can be eaten the next day. It is believed that the taste of fish doubles the next day. If stale fish is eaten with rice, its taste doubles. Its flavor increases. But in summer days, one has to take care that it does not get spoiled.
Saag
If you are fond of eating greens, then you can easily prepare greens once and keep it for 2 days. People prepare spinach, fenugreek, mustard greens at night and eat them in the morning or the next day. The taste of stale greens becomes even better.
Rajma
Many people also like the taste of stale Rajma. You can prepare it in the morning and keep it in the fridge. And the next day you can easily eat it with jeera rice, plain rice or roti.
