The sheer size of the Indian subcontinent and its divergence of religious faiths have shaped its cooking traditions just as they have its peoples. However you can't get away from curries, and why should you try unless you have as over-sensitive digestive system. Curry dishes can vary from mutton, chicken, fish, shrimp or vegetable curry.
Coriander is as all-pervasive spice, followed by turmeric, ginger and cumin.