With cuisine you have to be careful in ascribing a unique origin to a word. For example, just glancing at the article I found two words that have a much more nu

With cuisine you have to be careful in ascribing a unique origin to a word. For example, just glancing at the article I found two words that have a much more nuanced origin. The article mentions that Candy comes from the Persian Qand, but Qand itself came from Khanda (Sanskrit for cubes of Sugar). Similarly Sugar ultimately derives from Shakkara Sanskrit for sugar. Given Sugar from Sugarcane was first crystallized in India and spread from there, it is more appropriate to go with Khanda. The Persian Beryani is nothing like the Indian/Pakistani Biryani. The Persian one is basically a fried meat patty with no rice at all!. The Indian one is aromatic rice and spiced meats which in itself derived from rice Pulao the version called pollo in Persian. Rice was cultivated thousands of years in India before it was introduced to Persia (likely via China around 1 century AD) so a version of Pulao finds mentioned in ancient Indian texts.