With all its exotic ingredients, unfamiliar dishes, and tongue-tingling flavors, Indian cuisine can be both exciting and intimidating. It's such a complete world of taste. You combine all the techniques from other cuisines and add magical spices to get a titillating food experience. There's as much varied cuisine in India as you would find in Europe. It's all totally different, and the only thing that connects it is a judicious knowledge of the use of spices - Madhur Jaffey
"Indian cuisine uses the whole palette of flavors—spicy, sour, sweet, and hot all at the same time—making it something that wants to jump off the plate," says Floyd Cardoz, the executive chef and a partner of North End Grill in New York City