How Partition helped popularize tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken spread after the partition of India

Tandoori chicken became widely popular in the 1950s. Punjabis displaced by the 1947 partition of British India helped spread the dish as they rebuilt their lives and businesses elsewhere. The tandoor itself originated in Central Asia.

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How Partition helped popularize tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken spread after the partition of India

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