How the melting pot of Indian cuisine bubbles over with a million firang influences
The Opium Wars of the mid 19th century, involving Anglo-Chinese disputes, saw an influx of refuges of Cantonese origin, particularly in the Tangra area of Kolkata and turned it into India’s Chinatown
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With the Portuguese came a riot of new spices, vegetables, fruits and recipes to the happy kitchens of the subcontinent
Text & Illustration: Anirban Bora
The Portuguese brought the chilli and the Chinese the chowmein. How the melting pot of Indian cuisine bubbles over with a million firang influences
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