{"id":97951,"date":"2026-11-06T19:49:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97951"},"modified":"2026-11-06T19:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:49:58","slug":"a-brief-history-of-indian-chinese-cuisine-plus-3-popular-dishes-taste-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97951","title":{"rendered":"A brief history of Indian-Chinese cuisine, plus 3 popular dishes taste-tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/06\/f7d545f2-d269-4601-8f50-0e82cb310dab_3d911f99.jpg?itok=6Iyrm6lO&amp;v=1793954777\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In India, dishes that feature Szechwan \u2013 not Sichuan \u2013 and Manchurian sauce might suggest Chinese roots, but they tell a distinctly local story.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Known as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chindian or Indian-Chinese cuisine<\/span>, this culinary style emerged from Chinese migrant communities in Kolkata, where cooks adapted their recipes to local ingredients and tastes \u2013 think soy sauce and vinegar with generous helpings of chilli, ginger and garlic.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The result was not simply a substitute for food from China but a culinary tradition in its own right. From street stalls to restaurant menus, it has become part of everyday Indian eating, with flavours that generations of diners now regard as comfort food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3373525\/brief-history-indian-chinese-cuisine-plus-3-popular-dishes-taste-tested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India, dishes that feature Szechwan \u2013 not Sichuan \u2013 and Manchurian sauce might suggest Chinese roots, but they tell a distinctly local story. Known&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}