The Cuisines of India - Rajasthani Cooking http://www.asian-food.lizebiz.com/modules.php... Rajasthan is a mostly desert area of north western India. The Marwaris are an Indo-Aryan group originating from the Marwar region of north eastern Rajasthan and are usually business people who now live wherever commerce takes them. They are a strictly vegetarian people to the extent that they won t even use any vegetable which grows underground, including garlic and onion and their food reflects the harshness of their desert homeland.