Today restaurants and snack-bars offer a great number of hot spicy
food. As the president of McDonald's North America Ralph
Alvarez says:
“Spicy has become mainstream”, because even fast
food
restaurants, known for their conservatism, cook spicy food dishes
like Spicy Premium Chicken Sandwich. According to the research, the
average percentage of dishes described in menus as
“spicy”
increases about 23% a year. The quantity of spicy products, as well as
the popularity of extra spicy
food recipes, is growing steadily.
Spicy meal has Asian origins,
where it was brought to perfection.
Chinese, Malaysian and Indian cuisines have a wide variety of
world-famous dishes like Chicken Tikka Masala, Tom-yam soup and
Laksa. Chicken Tikka Masala is common
spicy food
of spice-lovers.
Its origins is disputed, but most probably it was invented in
British India as an adaptation of traditional local food. Chicken
Tikka Masala is made from baked chicken chunks and curry sauce which
consists of various spices, cream and tomatoes. The chunks are
marinated in generously spiced yogurt and baked in tandoor –
a
cylindrical clay oven used in India. Chicken Tikka Masala is
extremely popular in Britain, considered as a national dish.
As to spicy food soups,
Laksa is
distinguished by its popularity all over the world. Its name has
Sanskrit origins and is translated as “many”
concerning the number of Laksa components which are numerous. There are
two variants of the dish – Curry Laksa – noddles in
a coconut
curry soup, and Assam Laksa, in which noddles are served in a sour
fish soup. Laksa is the spiciest dish of Malaysian cuisine,
especially its Assam variation.
Considering all the spicy
food pros
and
cons, the researchers concluded that it has a lot of medical
advantages, for instance Tom-yam soup is not only a tasty
spicy food
dish, but also has an antibacterial effect. The scientists found out
that, thanks to its ingredients like lemon grass and galangal root,
Tom-yam soup can prevent tumors in the digestive tract. Other healthy
spices of Tom-yam soup are garlic, kaffir leaf and red chili which
is particularly rich for beta-carotene. All this explains the great
success of Tom-yam soup and other spicy food in the world.
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