Food is exactly what characterizes the little-known Jewish Indian community—’Parsis’ as they are generally referred to in India—with a history dating back approximately 2100 years.
Jews “have resided in India perhaps for millennia and at least the Middle Ages,” writes Shai Secunda of Jewish Ideas Daily, and Zoroastrians “have lived in India perhaps for millennia and at least the Middle Ages.”
“The link between Parsis and Jews has remained strong from the Early Modern period to modern times,” according to Garcia da Orta, a Portuguese physician born to a Spanish Jew, who endeavored to correct the interchanging terminology of “Parsis as Jews” in India in the 16th century.
Source: https://www.bharattimes.com/2016/04/12/a-jewish-and-indian-sync-whats-food-got-to-do-with-it-anyway/
