re: safe food in India 1) Never drink tap water. Always buy a bottle of mineral/drinking water at a restaurant. The water they give you is usually not safe no

re: safe food in India 1) Never drink tap water. Always buy a bottle of mineral/drinking water at a restaurant. The water they give you is usually not safe no matter what they might say. And bad water usually accounts for most of food poisoning incidents. 2) Eat hot food (aka food prepared on-demand preferably in front of your eyes). Again the amount of precautionary measures you take varies depending on the quality of the place you visit - street-side food/fast-food places, you must be extremely careful; breakfast at Taj, not so much. I'm Indian. I've lived outside India for the past 7 years. You'll lose immunity to a lot of things if you stay outside India that long. If I go back now, I can catch a cold almost immediately; go through at least 1 account of food poisoning, etc. My brother who might be eating the same food as me at the same places, doesn't even fall sick. It takes a while for your body to re-adapt again.