Indian food rules.. ask anyone from NY!

Pardon the heightened reaction…:-)
Elaboration follows!

Last night, Pinch and I visited this eatery called ‘Chatpati’ which serves Indian chats and snacks. Dosa, bhelpuri, chhole bhature et al. I marveled at how the Chinese food we eat in India NO WAY resembles authentic Chinese food eaten in China. This rings true for the Chinese food served in many Chinese restaurants in the USA too, Pinch said. Of course, there are a few places which serve the real thing too but those are fewer. Likewise for Italian food and other Continental cuisine. My point was, all cuisines undergo subtle changes in order to cater to the specific palates of the clientele. Well, not so for Indian food, Yoo Hoo!
Indian food as served and relished in USA or UK is not very distant from the R-E-A-L Indian food served back home. It might be a tad less spicy but it is very similar to what we eat in India. I mean to say, Indian food has been universally accepted and enjoyed without it straying from its traditional essence or losing its essential homeliness. No Americanisations or Britishness added.. Just itself.
Quite nice, when I think of it…:-)

At Chatpati, dosa was spelled as ‘Dhosa’. Pinch pointed this to me and remarked that it was a typically Gujarati spelling; the way a Gujarati would say ‘dHosa’. I replied that a Malayalee would also pronounce ‘dosa’ with a ‘h’. But the ‘h’ would appear after ‘s’ resulting in ‘dosha’… Get me?

As for coincidences, here’s an article which near-rhapsodises… I came close to drooling, I promise!

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