Indian Dishes and Their Global Culinary Cousins

Imagine you love pizza, and someone in a far-away country makes something that looks and tastes a lot like pizza, even though they use different ingredients or cook it a little differently.

That's what this article is about!

Many yummy foods we eat in India, like crispy dosas or sweet jalebis, have twins in other countries.

For example, Indian karanji pastries are like Latin American empanadas, both being yummy filled pastries.

Indian khichdi, a comforting rice and lentil dish, is like similar rice and lentil dishes in the Middle East.

Even yogurt dips like Indian raita and Greek tzatziki are cousins because they both use yogurt and herbs to cool us down.

These food families exist because people traveled a lot, sharing their recipes and ideas across the world, kind of like how stories get told and retold in different places.