Why India Has its Own Chinese Food

Support us on Patreon:   / offthemenu   Subscribe for more videos in the future: https://bit.ly/3Jz0f2c India is famous for its cuisine: curries, briyani, saags, and Indo-Chinese food(?). But what is Indo-Chinese food? In this video, we visit Mumbai and look into the history of Indian Chinese food and the Chinese community of India that has largely disappeared in recent history. Special thanks: Yusef Iqbal Yeevonne Lim Dylan Payne Brandon Goddard Kevin Thomas Tailor Made Chaos Timestamps: 0:00 - Mumbai's last Chinese Temple 2:30 - Manchurian & Manchow Soup 4:06 - Where did Indo-Chinese Food come from? 7:55 - What happened to Chinese people in India? 11:12 - Mumbai Chinese Food (schezwan rice, chinese bhel, etc.) 19:14 - Indian Tacos 20:05 - India is more diverse than you think Sources: -Creation of Indian–Chinese cuisine: Chinese food in an Indian city by Amal Sankar -BBC–India's disappearing Chinese community by Charukesi Ramadurai -A History of Sino-Indian Relations by Sheikh Mohd Arif -The 1962 Internment of Chinese Indians by Aadil Brar -How Indian Chinese Food Became India's Favorite Cuisine by Nayantara Dutta