Indian Chinese food is a marvellous mash-up of cuisines - most popular side dishes in restaurants

People are usually cautious about fusion food or restaurants that offer both dishes, assuming that neither is likely to do well.
But Chinese in India may change their minds.
It is reported that Chinese food is the most popular foreign dish in India, but it is not Chinese food because it is well known in China.
Indian food, also known as Indian food
Chinese, born when Chinese immigrants settled in Kolkata, adjust their dishes to suit local tastes by adding Indian spices.
Its popularity has spread all over the world.
Amar Haller travels all the way to Stafford, England, where he loves Indian Chinese food.
He is one of the families who opened the kitchen in sbs's upcoming kitchen secrets (Thursday 3.
25), make India spicy
Make Chinese spareribs for his family.
"In my opinion, Chinese food in India is much better than that in China," 61-year-old says.
"The Chinese came, they came to India and settled in India.
They noticed that Indians like their spices more than they do in China, one of the recipes that has been adapted.
"His version was filled with cumin and chili powder and gave him the kick he liked.
Other spices commonly added to Indian Chinese food include ginger, dry red pepper, black pepper and yogurt.
In Australia, Doza Lodge in Melbourne, Indian chopsticks and Dragon House in Sydney, some Indian Chinese restaurants offer the kind of Chinese food you will find at restaurants or street stalls in Mumbai or Kolkata.
"Our Chinese food has been improved because we use ginger, garlic, peppers and some other Indian spices, so it is more suitable for Indian taste," Longwu said.
Mary Lee, the boss, told SBS Food.
"The dishes have been changed. we have made a lot of special Indian dishes --
Chinese vegetarian dishes of Indian festival including vegetarian and non-vegetarian
Vegetarian diet.
"Most Chinese restaurants in India do this and we have added our own spins to the dishes.
"Li said 85 of their customers are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Fiji and Sri Lanka, while the remaining 15 tend to Australia, South Korea, Japanese and Chinese who are eager to try new things.
"They thought it was really delicious, it was very nice and different from the average Chinese restaurant," Li said . ".
According to Smart Cooky, some of the classic Chinese Indian dishes include chili chicken or vegetarian chili (paste using chili, garlic, ginger and spices) manzhou (with chicken, pan, Gobi, lamb and fish), jujube pancakes (fried dough sticks stuffed with dates) and fried rice (with red chili powder, garam masala and green chillis ).
The Times of India explained that many Indians did not know that the "Manzhou people with noodles" they ordered from the stalls of street vendors were named after people from the North --
East China, wrote: "Perhaps in a parallel universe, the Chinese have developed an Indian dish that suits their taste.
I wouldn't be surprised if they liked the sweet spicy chicken skewers called "punjabi.
"The Secret of the kitchen took us into the home of eight families, revealing exactly what was going on in the kitchen. This three-
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