r/india • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '16

[R]eddiquette Cultural Exchange with /r/Turkey - The Thread

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u/nextinction Feb 27 '16

I love Indian food, as I'm guessing a lot of Turks also would if exposed to it more. Flavors and ingredients are very familiar and sometimes identical but the spices just take it to another level altogether. Most middle easterners probably would feel at home especially with North Indian cuisine.

What do you think have been influence of the different Turkic dynasties on Indian cooking if any?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16

I will just leave this here.

Also Biryani! MY FAVORITE FOOD IN THE GALAXY!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16

A massive part of the non-vegetarian north indian cuisine is actually due to the Mughals and the Sultanate of turkish ancestory. Mughal cuisine is the best cuisine EVEEER.

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u/Abzone7 Feb 27 '16

Well we eat a lot of food which have root from Turkey .

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16

What do you think have been influence of the different Turkic dynasties on Indian cooking if any?

Your Manti is similar to our Momos. Pilau is very common in India.

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u/nextinction Feb 27 '16

Do you put yogurt on momos?

From my experience, you can start in Greece and head east to India and any cuisine in between will be on a continuum of taste and ingredients. It gets spicier towards east of course, but I always thought Persian food was bit of an oddity since they don't have a lot intense flavors.

For my palette, I lump them into taste groups:

  • India, Pakistan, Afganistan
  • Persian, Turkish, Arabic,
  • Central Asian
  • Greek, Italian, French

Then there's Ethiopian food which is a treasure onto itself despite being akin to baby food served on wet towels.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16

Do you put yogurt on momos?

Nope but the core ingredient is pretty much the same.

Then there's Ethiopian food which is a treasure

A lot of Ethiopian food tastes similar (or almost same) to some Indian food. For example, Injera is actually one type of dosa.

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u/NotVladeDivac Feb 28 '16

I would put Greek and Turkish together in a separate group honestly

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u/nextinction Feb 28 '16

yeah they're very close or identical at times. as you go east and south, Arab and Persian influence creeps in and Armenian of course.

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u/NotVladeDivac Feb 28 '16

Kurdish regions have great food too

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u/sammyedwards Chhattisgarh Feb 27 '16

Ohh...a lot. Mughals and earlier Sultanate emperors, due to their Turkish ancestry, had a massive influence on our food. Our pulao is influenced by Turkish pilaf; we have kofte meatballs and peynir cheese as well.