India shares a border with China.
Therefore, we can see some fusion cultures in Indian food as well.
This time I take noodles as examples.
There are various types of noodles in India, and I felt that the following three in particular have a deep relationship with Chinese culture.
1.Manshurian noodle
2.Shezwan noodle
3.hakka noodle
To be honest, I couldn't tell the difference in taste, but these are derived from Chinese place names.
1.満州(Mǎnzhōu) 2.四川(sìchuān) 3.客家(kèjiā)
On the other hand, I wonder if India's food culture has been adopted in China as well.
(If anyone knows more, please let me know.)
I have found other dishes that originate from China or Japan in India, but I will post them on another day.
I have read a paper on Chinese food in an Indian city. According to this paper, it is Indian food customized as per Indians' imagination and expectation of what Chinese food should be.
ReplyDeleteChinese food in India has an Indian culture, doesn't it?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352618117301257
I don't know much about the definition of Chinese food or its true taste, so I'll just write my personal impressions.
DeleteMost Indian traditional dishes use many spices such as cumin and cardamom. On the other hand, Chinese dishes (Indian-Chinese dishes),which i mentioned in this artucle, does not use these ingredients, instead using oyster sauce, red chili peppers, and something that are from Chinese culture.
In that sense, it seems to be distinct from the original Indian dishes.
Good chatting! We do not care or we do not notice, but such fusion always occur. I was very astonished to find Thai curry pizza (pizza with Thai green curry something on top) in California. What culture was it?
ReplyDeleteIt’s interesting thing. India and China is sharing the border, so it's not unnatural that their culutre was mixed.
ReplyDeleteIn the opposite, Thai and California are too much far away, so I really wondered how these cultures came together.