Where Does The Chilli Come From?

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    • Publish Date: Sep 24 2016 2:25PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 7 2016 12:41PM
Where Does The Chilli Come From?

There is a lot we can learn from Nayan Chanda’s latest work titled ‘Around The World With A Chilli.’ For instance, did you know that 500 years ago there was no red hot chilli in India or for that matter anywhere in Asia? 

Chanda’s book is the first in a series that looks at world history through commonly used food items such as potatoes, coffee etc. The author, who is the editor of YaleGlobal online, has a special affinity for globalisation given that his earlier work was ‘Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization’. Excerpts from an interview:   

Q: How did you trace the journey of this humble tastemaker?
A: Doing research for my globalisation book I read all kinds of books – from history, geography, anthropology, biology, botany, genetics and travel, to name a few, – and realised how humans have travelled the world looking for tasty food and everything else we use in our daily life. The story of the chilli that I found in history books was particularly interesting as Asians take it for granted that it is they who brought tasty hot foods to the table and yet 500 years ago there was no red-hot chilli in India or for that matter anywhere in Asia.

Q: Apart from chilli, what are the other foods whose journey into our kitchens remains relatively unknown?
A: A whole of lot of our staple food comes from abroad. Onions, potato, corn, tomato, peanuts, avocado, apple, pineapple, chikoo or sapota, to name just a few, all come from South America. And of course tea was brought from China and coffee from Yemen.

Q: What is the best way to approach writing?
A: The most important thing about writing is that you have to be excited about the world around you. And love to tell stories. There are always stories to narrate. Every individual has a story to tell, even every object, a humble chilli or a fruit has its specific story to tell. If you can tell a story and keep your listener interested you are half way there to writing.

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Bhavana Jaison Atomic Energy Central School No 2

Its amazing to know about the journey of the food we consume . Makes the food more tastier .

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Interesting! I never knew that onions and potatoes didn''t originate in India!!

Brenda Marshal PADUA HIGH SCHOOL-MANKHURD

It''s really interesting and amazing to know about the food we consume. By this we can actually make our food �� tastier.

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