Fuck Yeah Desi People

This blog is exactly what it sounds like. It's a place dedicated to desi people. What are desi people? It refers to people of South Asian descent. I just started this Tumblr, so I'm still finding my way.

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In Punjabi, there is no direct translation of “I miss you”. So I’ll say “Teri yaad sataundi ah” instead which roughly translates to “Your memory makes me suffer” and I think that’s more accurate.

Harman Kaur (via harman-kaurr)

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What people often forget is that Muslim culture is hardly a homogenous entity. In fact out of all Muslim culture, the only one I can speak with anything close to ‘absolute’ authority on is the “Pakistani-Muslim-who’ve-emigrated-to-Canada-at-a-young-age ” culture.

Article: Voice Appropriation & Writing About Other Cultures ~ RukhsanaKhan.com (via racismfreeontario)

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Dev Patel and Sunny Pawar present onstage at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California

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Sorry, Kumail. Signed, America.

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What’s it like when you go back home? ‘Cos obviously, you’re a big Hollywood star now, man. 

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13 Striking Portraits That Challenge Society’s Views of Sikh Men by Amit & Naroop

1. Gurjeevan Singh Plahe

2. Magic Singh - Magician

3. Asa Singh - Highway Planner

4. Gurbir Singh - Polo Player

5. Chaz Singh Fliy - Creative Director

6. Ishtmeet Singh Phull - Student

7. Roop Singh - Sikh Storyteller

8. Darshan Singh Bhooi - Retired Businessman

9. Amanpreet Singh - Temple Volunteer

10. Hardeep Singh Kohli - Comedian, Writer, Presenter

Project by Amit & Naroop via Identities.Mic

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me: *dabs*

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X 

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Hasan Minhaj on people who support Donald Trump despite his bigotry.

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Democrat Pramila Jayapal just became the first Indian-American elected to Congress, having won Washington state’s 7th district.

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Beautiful Pakistan 💚

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This got me dying

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who paid for this study bruh

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it’‘s literally seasoning.  that’s it. that’s what make food taste good.

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Bro it’s more complex than just ‘ey they used seasoning’ 

It’s HOW they used seasoning, compared to other areas of the world. 

Indian seasoning does this neat color wheel of flavor, fitting a bunch of spices that are very DIFFERENT from each other, to create a huge range of complex flavor. 

Meanwhile in Italy for instance, they tend to use flavors that are SIMILAR. For instance, Basil and Oregano, or Sweet fish with Sweet wine. It makes foods less likely to contrast weirdly in your mouth, and it’s the basis of why fancy european people pair red wines with steak and white wines with chicken. Savory with Savory, Light with Light.   

But the Indian food steps it up a notch. The research is definitely worth a read. 

“ That like flavors should be combined for better dishes—an unspoken but popular hypothesis stipulated by recipe-building in North American, Western European, and Latin American cultures—is an idea essentially reversed in Indian cuisine. “

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well yes, spices need to not just complement the food but contrast against each other. to get maximum flavour when cooking indian food:

1. use whole spices, dry roast small quantities of individual spices together and then grind them to a powder. balance is what you’re looking for, not just chucking in handfuls of seasonings willy nilly because quantity does not equal flavour when it comes to spicing indian food. 

2. whole spices go in the oil first. always. also everything gets fried on its own before it’s chucked into the sauce/curry. even the curry base is started off by frying onions/ginger/garlic/tomatoes or any combination thereof. basically…FRY THAT SHIT. i don’t know of any regional cuisine in india that uses stock for simmering. frying everything individually is how we add flavour instead.  

3. indian food needs to be cooked long and slow for the flavours to really merge. don’t skimp on the cooking time if you can because that makes a huge difference. 

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This was so enlightening

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I feel a need to mention that the researchers for this study are NOT white, as stated above. They’re Indian. It’s Indian people saying “why does our cuisine work and taste so vastly different than anywhere else in the world?” To quote from the article:

“Researchers Anupam Jaina, Rakhi N Kb, and Ganesh Bagler from the Indian Institute for Technology in Jodhpur ran a fine-tooth comb through TarlaDalal.com—a recipe database of more than 17,000 dishes that self-identifies as “India’s #1 food site”—in attempts to decode the magic of your chicken tikka masala or aloo gobi.”

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@zombiesock the good good shit yo

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SCIENCE!

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Sikh soldiers arrive in Europe to fight for the allies in WWI

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Vigils and protests to condemn the murder of Pakistani internet celebrity, Qandeel Baloch who was strangled to death by her own brother in the name of ‘honor’ in Multan, Pakistan [x]