Are Scotch eggs actually Indian? Mughal curry nargisi kofta is awfully similar to the breaded fried eggs Brits claim were born in Yorkshire

From the time of the Mughals to the British Raj, India’s culinary map has been dotted with dishes that have their roots all across the globe.

It hasn’t all been one-way traffic though, with the British “recreating” a few recipes from the Indian kitchen – like the railway mutton curry and mulligatawny soup. One of their more glorified yet debatable interpretations is the nargisi kofta, popularly known in the West as Scotch eggs. A Scotch egg is a boiled egg enclosed in a minced meat patty and deep fried – usually served cold though the original recipe calls for gravy – a nod to its Indian roots.