Imagine your kitchen without tomatoes. 🍅 Tomatoes are not native to India. They travelled here after Columbus reached the Americas in 1492, through Portuguese trade routes, and slowly became a staple in Indian cooking. Before tomato-based gravies, we relied on tamarind, kokum, raw mango and yogurt for sourness. But tomatoes were easier, cheaper, and more adaptable to Indian soil and climate. Over time, especially during the rise of North Indian restaurant culture post-independence, that red cur