The savory history of Indo-Chinese Cuisine

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The savory history of Indo-Chinese Cuisine
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• Who doesnt like to savor the taste of
  Indo-Chinese cuisine?
• We know how they come in unusual names like
  vegetable Manchurian, Hakka noodles, chili
  paneer, and American chop suey.
  Characteristically, these dishes are fiery,
  spicy, greasy, and zesty with an unquantifiable X
  factor that makes them so incredibly satisfying.
  One mouthful is a burst of so many flavors and
  that satisfaction cannot be explained in words.
• So, what precisely is Indo-Chinese cuisine? The
  combination of Chinese ingredients like soy sauce
  and vinegar with garlic, ginger, and chili
  peppers used in large quantities, not as
  seasonings, but as primary ingredients, to create
  dishes with distinctively amplified flavor
  profiles is what is known as Chinese food that
  has been adapted to Indian tastes.

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• The history of Indo-Chinese cuisines.
• India was the traditional greener pasture,
  where everyone flocked beginning in the 18th
  century, and it was a significant British
  possession in Asia. This includes the vast
  majority of Cantonese and Hakka Chinese
  immigrants from the south of China who sailed to
  Kolkata, the capital of Indias West Bengal
  state, before relocating to other cities like
  Mumbai. Cantonese and Hakka cuisines started to
  show up on menus throughout the city, at roadside
  stalls and restaurants, as they settled in and
  established a community in Kolkata and became a
  major part of Mumbai-style street food.
• The majority of those who immigrated at the time
  were quite destitute and had to abandon their
  family. There werent many women there at the
  time, so they started a side business serving
  simple food alongside their husbands. The city of
  Kolkata now has Indias only Chinatown, which has
  evolved into the unofficial hub of authentic
  Indo-Chinese cuisine and these grew to include
  thousands of eateries.

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• Numerous diners, from upscale eateries to local
  neighborhood hangouts and street foods, offer
  what is now recognized as innately Indian Chinese
  cuisine spiciness, sauciness, and the famed
  chicken or vegetable Manchurian, always
  batter-fried and slathered in chili garlic sauce,
  all of which have little in common with the type
  of food eaten in China.
• What made Indians fall in love with Indo-Chinese
  food?
• Its remarkable to observe how subtly Indian
  Chinese cuisine has assimilated into the
  indigenous way of life. Due to the widespread use
  of chow mein, Chinese noodles are commonly
  referred to as chow here, and many cafés offer
  at least four different cuisines, usually
  Chinese, Indian, Italian, and Thai. Alongside the
  saunf and saffron in the grocery store are
  packets of Manchow soup and spice blends for
  hakka noodles.
• According to culinary writers, the rising
  popularity of Indianized Chinese cuisine was due
  to the wonderful flavorings and attraction to the
  nations gravy-loving palate.

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• The utilization of a holy trinity of
  ingredients, tomatoes, soy sauce, and chili, that
  gave Indian consumers a taste of something they
  werent frequently able to obtain in local
  cuisine, was the key to its success. Cuisines
  with a dearth of umami flavors are Indian food.
  That was the one flavor that Indian cuisine
  lacked, and Chinese cuisine was created to fill
  that void.
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• Uncovering true Indo-Chinese cuisine and bringing
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