Showing posts with label Dish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dish. Show all posts

Saturday, July 16, 2016

What are the six tastes of dishes?

The six types of taste in food are:
1. Sweet (honey, sugar etc.)
2. Pungent (spicy, chilli etc.)
3. Bitter (neem, bitter-gourd etc.)
4. Salty (salt, sea foods etc.)
5. Sour (citrus fruits as lemon, tamarind, vinegar etc.)
6. Astringent (Acerbic/harsh such as Bibhitaki and Haritaki; contents of Triphala)