How noodles might be more Indian than you think

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How’s this for some food for thought? Those noodles that captured the affection of a generation or two in the form of hakka or chowmein in an Indian avatar, and continue to be the love of a nation, might actually be closer to home than you thought. While the earliest mention of noodles is said to be found in a Han dynasty (25-220 AD/CE) book, eminent food writer Madhur Jaffery makes a strong case for indigeneity. She is known for expanding the West’s knowledge about Indian cuisine since the 1970s through her cookbooks. In her Flavours of India (1995), she...