HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Tobacco
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Potato
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Maize
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Cashew
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. Cashew was not inroduced by the Portuguese to India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tobacco cultivation in India was introduced by Portuguese in 1605. Cashew is indigenous to South and Central America and was discovered by Portuguese missionaries in the 15th century. The Portuguese later brought this wonderful nut to India and East Africa. In India, it was first introduced in Goa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many products of the Latin American world called ‘New World crops’ were introduced by Portuguese such as potato, corn, pineapple, tomato, sweet Potato, lady’s finger, tobacco, chilly, papaya, sapota, leecchi, orange, almond, groundnuts, black pepper, Cashew, etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Portuguese is the only cuisine that introduced wine in cooking in India and is also the only one that uses so many types of vinegars. A lot of ingredients were brought in too-tomatoes, green chillies, corn and cashews. Colonisers came in for trade and brought their techniques of cooking with them.