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    It's Official: Science Confirms Indian Food Is Effing Delicious, And Here's Why

    Not that we ever needed science to gorge on Indian food, tbh.

    Shayan Roy
    by Shayan Roy

    BuzzFeed India Contributor

    Researchers at IIT, Jodhpur analysed thousands of recipes to try and determine what makes Indian food so rich in taste.

    Traditionally, western chefs prefer using ingredients that have overlapping flavours.

    But a lot of Asian cuisines, and especially Indian foods, tend to do the exact opposite.

    Here is a simple representation of a hypothetical Indian dish, broken down to its components.

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    Take the coconut and the onion, for example. They have very little in common when it comes to their flavours.

    Roberto A. Ferdman / Via washingtonpost.com

    Ignore the math.

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    The researchers did this for each of the thousands of recipes, and noticed something quite surprising.

    Roberto A. Ferdman / Via washingtonpost.com

    They discovered that Indian dishes often have ingredients with no overlapping flavours at all.

    Once again, ignore the math.

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    In a nutshell, all the ingredients bring a unique flavour to the dish, rubbing up against each other to create a distinctive taste. Especially the spices.

    So now you know how to make your homemade biryani even more delectable.

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    You can read the entire article here.