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Tag: food history

  • Of Parangi’s and Pundigatti.

    Of Parangi’s and Pundigatti.

    vegetables like tomato began their Indian Odessey as ‘bilayati begoon’ and pineaple is known as ‘parangi’hannu or the foreign fruit. Today they are totally rooted in the indian cuisine.

  • International Nacho day.

    International Nacho day.

    21st October is the world Nachos day. So I kind of got think of what nachos might be. What I learnt was it was probably borrowed firm the Spanish Nacho, which actually is a hypocoristic form of the first name Ignacio. After Ignacio Anaya Garcia (1895-1975) culinary origin myths credit May 23 1954 as its…