With their online food videos and social media influence, Pawar and Bansal feel they’ve been chipping away at some of the assumptions and oversimplifications that exist in the Indian food arena.

The belief that Indian food is and has always been laden with spices is a common misconception. Red chiles were only introduced to India by the Portuguese 450 years ago.

With Semma, Kumar has brought into focus the culinary treasures of South India and perhaps even opened up the door for other ...

Padma Lakshmi has choice words for Washington Post writer who doesn’t ‘get’ Indian food by: Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Aug 25, 2021 / 03:22 PM EDT. Updated: Aug 25, 2021 / 03:22 PM EDT.

The word probably comes from the Hindi word “chaatna,” which means “to lick” and which also may have been the source of the term for Indian street food, chaat.

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The Indian food portion of the article was amended. Lakshmi said the correction addressed the factual errors "but not the root of the issue: the bigotry." In response to Lakshmi, ...