Why do we eat a lot of foods from India ?

[empressjamila]

So I was talking to an Indian coworker about what we normally eat for afur and she was like “yo most of those foods are Indian originally” and I was like damn you’re right actually lool. When you think about it a lot of Somali dishes have Indian influence..

Sambuus
Bajiye
Shaah
Chapati
Shigni (chutney)
Bariis (which is oddly similar to biryani)
Etc

Even xawaash is literally the exact same spices as garam masala where did this huge influence come from?

 

[Periplus]

Sambuus

Sambuus isn’t Indian but from Central Asia. The Muslims brought sambuus to India.

Tell your friend to relax themselves.

 

[Dima&Damo]

Sambuus isn’t Indian but from Central Asia. The Muslims brought sambuus to India.

Sambus Is Buur Iyo Hilb

No Brought That To Us Maybe

 

[greznigrezni]

Sambusa is Persian. I hate it when the Indians brag about it being from India.

 

[Keep it a boqol]

Xamar was an essential port and location for trade throughout different continents and empires for a millennia

 

[Dima&Damo]

Sambusa is Persian. I hate it when the Indians brag about it being from India.

Sambuus is Buur Iyo Hilib

 

[El Nino]

Our traditional food was milk and meat as we were mostly pastoral. Thats a limited diet to say the least.

Due to that why we have picked up a lot of food through trade and from our neighbours. Nothing wrong with this because food is global. Pizza uses tomatoes which are only native to Central America. Same with chili, thats associated with various Asian countries.

 

[ImanStan001]

Xamar was an essential port and location for trade throughout different continents and empires for a millennia

The Somali coast is like 1/3 of east Africa , idk why this is shocking .

 

[Dima&Damo]

Our traditional food was milk and meat as we were mostly pastoral. Thats a limited diet to say the least.

Due to that why we have picked up a lot of food through trade and from our neighbours. Nothing wrong with this because food is global. Pizza uses tomatoes which are only native to Central America. Same with chili, thats associated with various Asian countries.

Nigga We Eat Seafood Aswell

 

[Unbothered]

Lol Indians eat bajiya too
Somali chapati and sambusa over Indian naan and potato stuffed samosa any day

 

[Woke1.4rm.Shibis]

Somalis have good taste , indian cuisine is elite . Somalis have been trading with indians longer then most African and European nations and dont forget there are ppl from indian descent who have been living in Somalia for centuries .

 

[Bubbles]

Somalis have good taste , indian cuisine is elite . Somalis have been trading with indians longer then most African and European nations and dont forget there are ppl from indian descent who have been living in Somalia for centuries .

I myself am of some Indian ancestry

 

[Nalaaye floxks]

there are ppl from indian descent who have been living in Somalia for centuries .

What happened to them now? I heard they moved to the UK

 

[whitehartlane]

It’s not just our food- but also traditional Somali clothing resembles very much the Indians..

 

[Qeelbax]

Who said all that belongs to India?

Are they like the origins of food worldwide because just cause they eat it doesn’t mean it came from them. Not saying these foods are somali either.

 

[NordicSomali]

where did cambuulo come from?

 

[Qeelbax]

Even xawaash is literally the exact same spices as garam masala where did this huge influence come from?

Girl bye you really think we at unseasoned food?

 

[Woke1.4rm.Shibis]

where did cambuulo come from?

From afgooye the capital of all things healthy , did you know the cambuulo munchers from afgooye live longer then other somalis on average?

 

[Woke1.4rm.Shibis]

What happened to them now? I heard they moved to the UK

Most mixed into neighbouring Somalis Havent you seen an Indian looking person claiming to be somali befor ?
Some moved to Tanzania, kenya and the west .

 

[mrlog]

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