Beyond Naan & Curry, Indian cuisine gaining popularity in Korea

Since the beginning of 2022, governments from all over the world have done their best to assist people in letting go of unfortunate memories brought on by the pandemic and revitalizing people so they can return to their usual lives. However, those will never be sufficient. The people themselves must exert similar effort if they are to resume the joyful lives, they have long yearned for before the pandemic.

When it comes to minimizing cultural disparities between countries, ongoing initiatives by organizations like UCLG are producing excellent outcomes. Students from diverse nationalities are stepping up to share their culture and heritage with the residents of South Korea because of a recent celebration of Culture Day at a number on International Colleges in South Korea.

It demonstrates how much culture people today are willing to exchange, and the best way to do that is through food and music. If you enjoy trying out new foods and getting down to new music on the weekends, you're going to have a blast in South Korea in the coming months.

Bollywood music has been quietly gaining popularity in South Korea as described in the previous “Bollywood gaining popularity in South Korea” post, and it's about to take off shortly. This was clearly evident from a grand and impressive event held by “Seoul Events”, headed by Swarnim Singh, which took things to the next level. Not only Indians but people from various nationalities with sheer love for Bollywood music and Indian cuisine showed up for the event. DJ Saj dropped a playlist ready to bring out the performer within everyone on the dance floor. The event began with Indian snacks to welcome the visitors, followed by a delectable Indian dinner with a variety of spices, and finally, the beats of music made everyone enter the floor and dance their hearts out. While Nikki, from Philippines, captured those moments very beautifully through his camera. (https://youtu.be/T_ft05wzOBs)

Bollywood music as well as Indian cuisine have been recently gaining a lot of popularity among both Korean and other cultures. Nowadays, Indian cuisine is not just limited to Curry and Naan. A lot of Indian restaurants in Seoul offer a variety of dishes with unique blends of spices.

This event offered something new as well. Instead of naan and curry, Hello India Restaurant (Hongik Univ. Branch) offered a classic Punjabi dish, Chole Bhature (Chickpea Curry with Fried Flatbreads) which is perfect for lunch, evening snacks or dinner along with Masala Tea (Indian beverage made by brewing black tea with spices, sugar, and milk). For snacks, PaniPuri (crispy & hollow dough balls filled with boiled potatoes along with sour and tangy water) which is as mouthwatering as it sounds, was also served. Krish and Chaitra volunteered to make this event a grand success and worked in great coordination as organizing team.