#so mhmmm idk why i feel chana is a foreign introduction to telugu culture

[an-asuryampasya]

huh. I always associated chick peas with Mediterranean cooking more than any other cuisine - including my own - but then wiki tells me in 2019, India was responsible for 70% of global chickpea production.

which, huh.

something something numebrs REALLY add up even if it's a small fraction of a big number vs large fraction of a small number. a very basic concept but one I keep relearning somehow.

#also WHY are there so many different kinds of chickpea and pea all with similar names #it is UNFAIR because i absolutely love some of them but the naming conventions are so inconsistent (or i dont pay enough attention) and ARG #that's how i end up in a conversation with a friend about: #two different dishes which have the same name (but VERY different recipes and tastes) #both made with ingredients called the same thing (but VERY different in texture and taste) #both made in the same city (but in VERY different cuisines) #it was. Some conversation alright akfkshg #anyway now i'm wondering if my assumption above is a south indian/north indian thing because now that i think about it #every chana (chickpea) dish i think of (except one) is north indian #so maybe me thinking it doesn't factor too highly in indian cuisine - despite how much i love it - is because it doesn't factor much #in /telugu/ cuisine #and that one southern dish might've been my mum making a bastardised curry while experimenting (it was good tho) #(related: negative version of a shout out to the time she made apple pickle and it was SWEET I will never get over that) #(by pickle i mean the spicy stuff not pickled onions kinda pickle) #(yeah with APPLES) #that was one experiment we never saw repeated akfhkhsfg #anyway rhys if youre seeing this muri mixture with batani supremacy etc etc #OH wait nvm i take back that thing about chana not ranking high in telugu cuisine #because it is SUCH a common and important part of some kinds of tambulam and that's very Telugu i think #so mhmmm idk why i feel chana is a foreign introduction to telugu culture #also how do i translate what a tambulam is #uhh it's party favours‚ except it's not a party as much as a get together for cultural reasons and is a VERY common occurrence #sort of? #idk man I'm already very bad at cultural stuff and even worse at explaining my half knowledge because idk???? #i know if i am given a tambulam but idk when all it's given #anyway i've completely lost the plot by now so uh #that concludes this post #placeholder tag