Food rarely stays loyal to borders. It travels with refugees, traders, families in transit, and in the process, it evolves — a little give and take from where it comes to where it finally settles. Think of how Hakka noodles in India are nothing like what you’d find in China, or how Chicken tikka masala was shaped as much by British tastes as South Asian spice.
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Sometimes these dishes go on to become iconic.
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