Rich in cultural heritage, India is known for a multitude of good things around the world ever since it was discovered by Vasco Da Gama at the dusk of the 15th Century A.D. From that time forward until now, India attracted the world in the most unusual way which created real unpleasant circumstances though. However, this has introduced many things which India adapted into its cultural. This indeed shows how welcoming and hospitable we are. Let us take a look how these invasions brought forth twist in the taste of India.

Throughout India, all of us can never swallow a morsel of food without chili being incorporated in a dish right. We think that it is Indian. Here is the twist, chili was introduced by the Portuguese to us. Apart from chillis, tomatoes and the irresistible potatoes that we can’t do without everyday was also brought by the Portuguese to India.

How we love having a quick delicious yummy treat of hot Jalebi’s dunked in hot milk. Think it is Indian??? No, it is not! It is a Middle Eastern dish popularly known as Zulabiya in Arabian and Zalibiya in Persian. It was introduced to India by the Central Asian traders in the medieval period.

Our very own Samosas, how we relish every bite of it! To our surprise, samosa too finds its roots in the Middle East. This delicious munchie that we love to eat anytime was also introduced by the Central Asian invaders. Apart from it the naans were also introduced by them as well. Central Asia has indeed quite an impact on our food.

We are so proud to eat the ghar ka rajma chawal. To our amazement, Rajma is Mexican. We loved it so much, that we made it feel a part of us. That’s the beauty of India. We are so welcoming with various stuff across the world. Indeed we have started globalizing long before we realized it.

We are huge fans of this aromatic beverage coffee, aren’t we? Brought to India by the British, coffee has been popularized a lot in India. The filter coffee in the south is however unbeatable when compared to the other variants of coffee. Coffee has however taken over our lives. We can’t do without it even a day.

The world’s most expensive spice saffron is grown in Kashmir which is considered as Jannat! Saffron however did not originate in this heaven on earth. It was also introduced by the central Asians which is quite a debatable topic when it actually came. It has been argued as it was introduced by the Sufi ascetics or by the Persian invaders in different time frames of history.

Gulab jamun’s are irresistible indeed! This famous sweet dish existed in the Mediterranean long before it was brought to India again by the middle easterners during the medieval period as well. It is a variant of the Arab’s Luqmat al-qadi. This is the one dessert that gets everyone salivating like no other.

All in all, throughout time and ages we have been ever-welcoming with the food from different cultures which we proudly incorporated into our very own cuisine! As Indians as we are, we love food a lot! Why not, grab your smartphone and order food online!  I’m sure that these amazing food things made you drool over them and you are hungry now!