Dear America, It’s Time to Embrace Indian Food

I get it America, Indian food is different and we didn’t grow up with it being a typical cuisine in our cities but what you are missing out on could change your life, it did for me.

I first tried Indian food when I lost a bet. My friend’s family owned an Indian restaurant and walking into his house to have sleep over when I was a teenager was not always pleasant. The smell of curry spices would hit you like a tsunami and enviably end up spawning several questionable jokes at his expense. After getting my ass kicked at a video game one night, a bet was made that would change my life. If I lost the next round, I would have to try Indian food. If I won, he would take me out to eat all the pizza I could. For me, a robust unemployed teenager, this was monumental and I intended on bankrupting him with the amount of pizza I was about to consume.

As my overconfidence grew, I proceeded to lose yet again and try like hell to get out of the bet. Let’s set the stage for a moment. I grew up eating roughly four things on any give day. These four things consisted of, the holy grail known as pizza, mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and the occasional grilled cheese. Vegetables were the abomination of desolation and to try anything outside…