The paratha has been called the Asian flat croissant and we can't deal

So is croissant a puffy paratha now? Oh wait, that's a puri...

Updated 25 Feb, 2020

We just want to start off by saying yikes.

South Asian culture has had its moments of fun at the expense of culture appropriation; from kurtas (without pajamas) being labeled as bohemian dresses to the ajrak print called 'brick multi' design, there's been a lot.

But it's one to to appropriate our fashion and it's another to mess with food. That too, the wonderful paratha!

Recipe website Nyonya Cooking uploaded a paratha recipe post... but there's one problem.

Yes, the beautiful paratha that we all love and enjoy is now the 'flat Asian croissant' and that hurt to say out loud.

It's no surprise that paratha lovers were outraged at this behaviour.

Nyonya cooking did clarify why they went with the label, claiming to have thought of it as a fun title to make their post relatable.

Clearly many did not relate as they took to Twitter to express their thoughts on the matter.

What is happening

This is not what we mean when we say assimilate

Stop this gentrification

No one is happy about this

That was painful to read

It is a conundrum

Well in that case

We live in a society

With 'Chai Latte' and 'tomato puree'?

Guess it's time to embrace it

Though we don't want to

But not this one

What's next?

Because there are real problems in life

Dominos seized the moment and slayed

Comments

Stay at home mom Feb 25, 2020 02:29pm

Haha the dominos clap back so on point..

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saif Feb 25, 2020 02:59pm

In fact, I have always called croissant to be european paratha.

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Babu Feb 25, 2020 03:10pm

Parantha , Roti , Poori and Kachori are Indian breads.

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Masroor Feb 25, 2020 07:09pm

People who call Paratha a croissant are not familiar with the French food or the Desi food!

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Samanvita Feb 25, 2020 07:20pm

Yes. Contextualize the food! Call pizza as Italian naan and pasta as Italian semya! makes it easy to make it acceptable to picky, inflexible eaters like me! Don't get sensitive about everything! People have freedom of expression! If desis don't take pride in their food and love to tell others and show on tv eating European food proudly, is it a problem with west or desis? They will always prefer to say they ate pasta! Proudly! That's your problem and that is what you need to address if you choose to.

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Parvez Feb 26, 2020 12:48am

A paratha .........is a paratha, it screams hearty eating. Its not a dainty croissant by any stretch of the imagination.

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Just Saying Feb 26, 2020 03:49am

When you live in a foreign land, you have to talk in a language others can understand. For example you would not say I went to the Temple or Mosque or Gurudwara on the weekend, because they won't understand it. You just say I went to my church for service and they would say 'aha, I went too';

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vinny Feb 26, 2020 07:48am

The roti canai which is based on the south indian tamil 'parotta' is very different from the north indian/pakistani flat bread' paratha'. The porotta is more of a croissant the way it is made.

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Roy Mar 02, 2020 11:55pm

I showed this to my gori wife. She lost her temper. She loves parathas and croissants too but there's no way she equates the two. She loves parathas far more than any other bread. Who doesn't?

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Roy Mar 03, 2020 03:37am

@Just Saying no, people do understand those words, especially mosques and temples. It is a proper noun. It is the name of the bread. You can say it might be like croissant to some extent but you will still stick with the proper name. Some people can't pronounce non-western names but onus falls upon the bearer to correct people if they can't get around to say the name properly.

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