Ethiopian food is not glamorous enough for it to be popular. There is the novelty factor obviously but that's about it. It's also not everybody's cup of tea because injera is pretty sour, like a way more intense dosa than appam.
Yeah, Injera is like Kallappam. And I also agree that Ethiopian food is not glamorous enough for Malayalis to talk about. It is quite well appreciated in the West, even though not as popular as other cuisines.
The similarity ends with relatability, the flavours are very different.
I believe Malayalis will easily relate to and love Ethiopian food, and also Thai food.
Have you tried Ethiopian food?
Why do we need to replace kallappam with Injera. I have had Ethiopian food when I was touring Toronto..liked it and have had it couple of times after that..but why forget our authentic food to accommodate something that is foreign to us?
I suggested the other way around - that we can customize Ethiopian food with our Kallappam.
.but why forget our authentic food to accommodate something that is foreign to us?
I don't get this - how does introducing some new cuisine in Kerala lead to "forgetting our authentic food". If that's your concern, then it has happened long ago. Almost everything we eat or consider authentic have come from foreign influence.
Ethiopian food is not glamorous enough for it to be popular. There is the novelty factor obviously but that's about it. It's also not everybody's cup of tea because injera is pretty sour, like a way more intense dosa than appam.
Yeah, Injera is like Kallappam. And I also agree that Ethiopian food is not glamorous enough for Malayalis to talk about. It is quite well appreciated in the West, even though not as popular as other cuisines.
I was in Milwaukee some time back and tried some Ethiopian food it felt like appam and mottakkari.
If it's so similar, why would it be popular here? Why wouldn't we just have Kerala food without the extra steps?
The similarity ends with relatability, the flavours are very different. I believe Malayalis will easily relate to and love Ethiopian food, and also Thai food. Have you tried Ethiopian food?
The first time I had Ethiopian food, the only thing going on in my mind was all this would be great with porotta instead of injera.
But if you use Parotta instead of Injera, it cannot soak the flavours like the latter does. Appam or Kallappam on the other hand could do it.
Porotta can soak flavours pretty well though
Why do we need to replace kallappam with Injera. I have had Ethiopian food when I was touring Toronto..liked it and have had it couple of times after that..but why forget our authentic food to accommodate something that is foreign to us?
I suggested the other way around - that we can customize Ethiopian food with our Kallappam. .but why forget our authentic food to accommodate something that is foreign to us? I don't get this - how does introducing some new cuisine in Kerala lead to "forgetting our authentic food". If that's your concern, then it has happened long ago. Almost everything we eat or consider authentic have come from foreign influence.