WHY DOES DHOKLA PIZZA EXIST TO BEGIN WITH? Is nothing sacred?
Despite India being a historical melting pot of cultures and ideas, some of these minglings don't exactly translate well in the kitchen. Indian fusion dishes are invading restaurants and roadside eateries alike at an alarming rate. While we are all for innovation and creativity in food, some of these ideas are plain bizarre and so forced that we think they should probably be banned. Besides, "banned" is quite the buzzword of the current times, innit!
(Disclaimer: This compilation is written with a deep admiration for our nation's innovative foodies, so if any of the following foods are your favourites, feel free to laugh it off.)
Birizza
When Pizza Hut launched Birizza in India earlier this year, there was quite some social media outrage protesting the blasphemous combination and rightfully so. In case you are wondering what this is, it is Biriyani covered with pizza crust. There cannot be a weirder combination of rice and roti in one dish. Great for people who cannot make up their minds on what to order.
Via http://www.pizzahut.lk
Tandoori Momos
If you stumble and fall anywhere in India's northern half, chances are you wont be far from a momo stall. With these plump steamed dumplings filled with veggies (read cabbage) or meat, Tibet has left an indelible culinary stamp on India. But then we took the dish and made it our own by turning it into this ghoulish thing called Tandoori Momos. This is the Delhi love for everything tandoor, lassoing the innocent momo, lashing it with red paste and throwing it in the tandoor.
Via foodspotting.com
Idli Chilli Fry
Idli, the healthy steamed dish, known for its fluffiness, gets morphed into an oil soaked, crispy monster, in this "Idly chilly", which also has North Indian cousins like Paneer Chilly. To add to the ~sophistication~ of this dish, it comes in two variants, idli chilly dry and idly chilly gravy. Wow. And if not making a "chilly" version of this is not enough, there are also manchurianised versions of idli, giving stiff competition to the Gopi (gobhi) Manchurian.
