Mirchi: It's hot!

05/29/18 • 9 min

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Origins of a lot of food are very diverse. Yet they somehow manage to reach a country and get assimilated in the gastronomy and culture so well, that people often do not believe that they are from somewhere else. Chillies, Mirchi as known in Hindi, has a similar story of coming from abroad and becoming a concept, a necessity, 'Made in India' ! Sneha Gore Mehendale and gandhali Kulkarni trace the origins of this 'Indian' spice.

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