• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Mate, naan wasn’t invented in India…

    It just wasn’t.

    It’s Iranian food.

    The only reason naan is in India, is one of the many people who conquered that area brought it there.

    You can say it’s popular there, but it’s still not Indian food. Just a dish that’s popular in India.

    And I have zero idea what the tomatoes rant was about…

    Italians got a new ingredient and incorporated it into existing dishes or made completely new ones. It’s not like someone shiped spaghetti sauce to Italy and Italians just decided they should claim they invented it like you’re doing with naan.

    Or that someone from another country moved there and showed everyone how to make it like Butter Chicken.

    They’re just not comparable examples…

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, tandoori naan is apparently popular across neighboring countries too. I’d say India can still claim some co-ownership, just like Europeans and their various loaf breads, but I guess that’s a matter of definition, so sure, it’s not exclusively Indian.

      The dal dishes are Indian, though. Curries in general are Indian - that one goes all the way back to Harrapa IIRC. Since you seem intent on keeping score, that’s 2 to 1.

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        11 months ago

        A tandor is just a type of oven champ…

        It makes a difference for some stuff, but not naan.

        Curries in general are Indian

        Yes… Which is what I was talking about Thai doing it better…

        Why are you talking about scores?

        Is you just now understanding my first comment a point for me or you?

        Honestly, if we’re keeping score I think we should both get a point for that. I legitimately had given up on trying and wasn’t going to reply again, but then I saw you got it!