The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry

Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by bakul on Saturday April 01, 2023 @11:50AM (#35401218)

Thanks! In Gujarati we call it "meettho limdo" or sweet neem. It is dark green but not black (except when left in the 'frig for a few days or on the plant when it is sick!).

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Re:The surprising roots of Japan's Indian curry by dagmx on Saturday April 01, 2023 @12:00PM (#35401311)

There’s some possible history further back in our languages where kala might have meant darker not just black.

Similarly the etymology of Krishna (the deity) is both considered “dark” or “black” depending on whom you ask.

I suspect it may be a case where our languages at the time didn’t need to delineate between black and a dark colour. Tone/shade was a relative unlike hue.

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