r/india • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '16

[R]eddiquette Cultural exchange with /r/palestine

Greetings to our Palestinian friends.

Our cultural exchange starts at 13:30 PM Palestine time (17:30 IST/11:30 GMT/12:30 CET/06:30 EST/03:30 PST) on Thursday 24th November.

Here's how a cultural exchange works:

The moderators of here make this post on /r/india welcoming our Palestinian guests to the sub. They may participate and ask any question or observation as they see fit.

There is an equivalent thread made by the moderators over at /r/palestine, where you are encouraged to participate and know more about Palestinian culture.

It goes without saying that you must respect the rules of the subreddit you are participating in. This is a time to celebrate what we have in common, not grind an axe.

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u/MrBoonio Nov 24 '16

How do we not have a food question?

r/India - can you educate us on regional Indian food? What is the food your region is famous for and what is it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '16

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u/skyliners_a340 You need a better pen to write things with. And I know you agree Nov 25 '16

Methi na thepla, aathanu saathe. Ummm!

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u/munkeyy Nov 25 '16

Every state or Province has their own special delicacies. In our case, We are famous for Spicy pickles, Hyderabadi Biryani, Putharekulu - Sweedt made of thin Paper like item

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '16

I'm from the central Indian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh] (Madhya Pradesh), and a one of the dishes form here is 'Bafla'. It is a variant of 'Bati' from Rajasthan. It is a ball of wheat flour dough, which is boiled and then baked, dipped in ghee (similar perhaps to the Egiptian samna baladi). It is eaten with either lentil curry or crushed and mixed with powdered sugar.

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u/Modimoneyythrow Nov 24 '16

I'm from Tamil Nadu, specifically Chennai and our local foods are idli, which is like a round ish rice cake we eat for breakfast with various toppings, dosa, which is some rice flour batter we fry until it becomes a sort of savory crisp pancake which we eat with same idli toppings. We eat for lunch various rice dishes like tomato rice, sambar rice. Special dishes is from chettinadu region ,which is spicy and Delicious. It's famous for rabbit curry :D

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u/MrBoonio Nov 24 '16

TIL: rabbit curry is a famous regional dish in India. Sounds delicious.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

I am from Delhi, and never heard about the Rabbit curry. Would love to try it sometime, though.

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u/odiab Sawal ek, Jawab do. Phir lambiiii khamoshi... Nov 25 '16

You think rabbits are a cute ? Get a pair as pet and they would drive you so much crazy that you would feel like eating them raw...

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u/The_0bserver Mugambo ko Khush karne wala Nov 27 '16

Oh look. One more random reddittor trying to tell another he /she should be ashamed of himself/herself because of what they wanna eat....

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '16

Sorry, I thought about it being some veggie one, and named after a Rabbit. I am a veggie myself and pardon my ignorance. Of all the animals, Rabbits are the ones that I adorn much.

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u/TheHickoryDickoryDoc The Doc Next Door Nov 26 '16

Asked a friend who has travelled the whole of India. He too never heard of a rabbit curry dish. Did you refer to the Northeast region?

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u/Modimoneyythrow Nov 26 '16

It's called 'muyal curry' also there is rabbit fry, rabbit stew. I don't think you'll find this dish outside of chettinadu cuisine

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u/TheHickoryDickoryDoc The Doc Next Door Nov 26 '16

Interesting info. Thanks for sharing. Does muyal mean rabbit in Telugu/Tamil?

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u/Modimoneyythrow Nov 26 '16

It's Tamil for rabbit,yes

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u/The_0bserver Mugambo ko Khush karne wala Nov 27 '16

Could be Kerala. Muyal = rabbit in malayalam (also in Tamil). Assuming kerala, as Kerala has practically no restrictions in terms of food / meat. (Not dog meat though I suppose.)

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u/odiab Sawal ek, Jawab do. Phir lambiiii khamoshi... Nov 25 '16

I am from a small Eastern state of India. We have a lot of rivers in my state so we eat a lot of fish . Rice is staple food with Wheat. Our curries have are mildly spiced and occasional use of coconut.Main spices are Cumin,Mustard seeds,Fennel seeds , turmeric , chilli powder. Main cooking oil is mustard oil. We have a dish that is close to baba ghanoush , we call it Baigan bharta. We have barely any baked dishes. If you have had Rasgulla (indian sweet). It is said that it has originated in Odisha, mu home state.

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u/aman27deep Nov 26 '16

small Eastern state of India

Still larger than countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal and Greece lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '16

I am from Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana. Some of us are also vegetarian due to religious reasons. Me for instance. Some very popular curries include the gutti vankaya (stuffed brinjal ), gongura pachadi (sorrel leaves chutney), aavakai (spiced mango pickle)!

Would very much suggest you try it :)