Mela Mexicana Brings Mexican-Indian Fusion to SOCIAL Hyderabad

At a restaurant called SOCIAL in Hyderabad, grown-ups are having a special food party called Mela Mexicana.

It celebrates food from Mexico, a country far away.

Chefs are making Mexican dishes like tacos and quesadillas, but adding flavours that people in India already love.

This mix of two cuisines is called fusion food.

For example, a Chicken Tikka Tinga Tostada puts spicy Indian chicken tikka on a crunchy Mexican tostada.

A Mutton Seekh Taco wraps a tasty seekh kebab inside a soft taco.

Two head chefs made the menu together.

One chef, Shamsul Wahid, wanted the food to feel familiar and new at the same time.

Another chef, Ashish Sharma Diaz Del Castillo, lived in both India and Mexico, and remembered cooking from his grandmother.

The food party started in July and lasts until August 10, at SOCIAL restaurants all over the country.