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You need to do more exploring - there is seafood in Indian cuisine - the coastal areas like Goa have seafood. Just like in the US, the places with access to seafood build it into their dishes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goan_cuisine
We get pretty limited regional food here. India is a giant country with lots of variety. Most of what we get is northern Indian food. I find it to be heavy. They use butter and cream.
Southern Indian food is more my style. Dosas are amazing - Indian crepes. And the bases of the dish tend to not be creamy with dairy!
Of course some Indians eat fish. The last time I was at an Indian shop in Fremont, I bought a box of curry mix for fish. I made the fish curry but I was not that fond of the spice blend, so now if I am making a curry I will add a bit of the fish curry powder to the other curry, just to use up the box. I have also eaten fish curry in an Indian restaurant. Any coastal or river community will likely eat fish, unless it is against their beliefs.
As to the Op, Yes I love curries & all sorts of Indian foods.
Of all the cuisines in the world, India has one of the most aromatic and colorful. Varieties of Indian food are countless and identifiable by caste region or tribe, and many Indians eat a diet very similar to that of ancestors from many years past.
I never tried Indian food until I went away to college. It was love at first bite.
I think Indian food is one of the most interesting cuisines, with complex flavor combinations and intense but delicate spices.
It's also one of the most difficult to master, with any degree of authenticity.
Ah man. I can't wait to go back to India, just so I can eat myself sick
For what it's worth, in terms of health benefits, I've never felt better in my life than eating an Indian diet for 3 months straight while traveling there.
There's a lack of seafood dishes, I did not say none.
Come on man, you said:
"Notice that Indians don't have any seafood dishes?"
It is just false, no way to spin it. There are areas where fish curries are the staple, and many large cities like Kochi and Mumbai are known for fresh seafood. Hell Goa has fish curry stalls everywhere, you can't walk a kilometer without stumbling on seafood.
We just spent a month in India eating everything we could get our hands on and I got some pics to drool over, everything from street food served on a mat on the ground to reasonably nice restaurants. Start with dosa...
Some Indian "buffets" really give Indian cuisine a bad reputation. It's wonderful when prepared with fresh ingredients.
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