i recently discovered a new love for indian food.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Indian cuisine comprises a wide variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to the Indian subcontinent. Given the range of diversity in soil type, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially from each other and use locally available spices, herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Indian food is also heavily influenced by religion, in particular Hindu, and cultural choices and traditions. Also, Middle Eastern and Central Asian influences have occurred on North Indian cuisine from the years of Mughal rule. Indian cuisine is still evolving, as a result of the nation's cultural interactions with other societies. Historical incidents such as foreign invasions, trade relations, and colonialism have played a role in introducing certain foods to the country. For instance, potato, a staple of the diet in some regions of India, was brought to India by the Portuguese, who also introduced chillies and breadfruit. Indian cuisine has shaped the history of international relations; the spice trade between India and Europe was the primary catalyst for Europe's Age of Discovery. Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia. Indian cuisine has influenced other cuisines across the world, especially those from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the British Isles, Fiji, and the Caribbean.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I absolutely love Indian cuisine. There's such a range of regional and traditional foods around, you could never get bored!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "i'm not familiar with Indian cuisine.Could you tell me what ingredients are usually used?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": " Because the Indian sub-continent is so vast the different soil types mean there is a huge variety of spices, herbs and vegetables."}, {"role": "user", "content": "And what Indian dishes do you like most?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm vegetarian, so quite partial to curry dishes from the southern states, like Goa. Southern spices use leaves from the curry tree, which gives them a distinct flavor."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Sounds good, I like curry and what cooking methods are most used in Indian food."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "A lot of frying of spices is involved. Also, there is a clay oven called a tandoor, which is heated to a high heat for cooking many things."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Sounds good, I love fried foods even when they are not healthy.  Could you name a specific dish I could order?"}]