The resemblance is superficial. Both are round rings. As cultural icons, the Indian version is more of a South Indian staple, though that is changing The Indian Medu Vada is culturally as distant from the American doughnut as Indians are from Americans.
The Indian doughnut
The Indian doughnut
The Indian doughnut
The resemblance is superficial. Both are round rings. As cultural icons, the Indian version is more of a South Indian staple, though that is changing The Indian Medu Vada is culturally as distant from the American doughnut as Indians are from Americans.