We had the Portuguese colonising parts of India - they never did get more than a toehold but they did give us -
Pav bread (which along with the Chinese baozi comes from the Portuguese pao) Nav, the Hindi word for a boat - from the Portuguese naõ for a ship Potatoes - which the British knew and liked too so that is an additional source but the Hindi word is batata Sapota fruit (derived from a Nahuatl word) and pineapples (called ananas in Hindi as in Portuguese) etc --srs > On 05-Aug-2016, at 12:18 AM, Bruce A. Metcalf <bruce.metc...@figzu.com> wrote: > >> On 08/04/2016 12:50 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: >> >> http://www.sawandutta.com/#!macherjhol/kf04t > > I'm curious to know how potatoes became part of Indian cuisine. Is this > Peruvian tuber replacing something else native to the subcontinent, or is a > an addition not previously seen? > > Cheers, > / Bruce / >
