Mexico: India's Culinary Cousin?

Two cultures on either side of the globe, India and Mexico, seem unlikely to have much in common at first.

- Sapna Shahani

But for Indians who have savoured the complex flavours of Mexican cuisine, a familiarity surfaces that attracts us to it for good. Both warm countries, with friendly, family-oriented, colourful communities, huge swathes of which are dependent on agriculture. It’s no surprise that our staples of flat bread (chapatis and tortillas), vegetables and chillies are common to both our cultures. For Goa especially, there is more common ground, with the European colonial histories of Portugal and Spain in Mexico’s case, deeply influencing the culture and the cuisines.