Priyanka Faces Heat Over ‘Not Desi’ Style!

Priyanka Chopra recently found herself in the middle of a cheeky but fiery food face-off, and desi Twitter couldn’t stay quiet. In a now-viral clip, a man grilled her on her "Indianness" through a round of rapid-fire food picks, tossing her into a cultural tug-of-war between Indian classics and global favourites. What started as harmless banter about food quickly turned into a mini-debate about identity, roots, and whether Priyanka still counts as "desi enough."

The first match-up: empanadas vs. samosas. A clear win for samosas, right? Not for Priyanka. “Depends on the mood,” she said, smiling. “I love both.” The interviewer, already sensing trouble, pushed her to say the magic word, “samosa”, but she refused to play it safe. It didn’t get easier from there. Next came enchiladas vs. chicken tikka masala. Again, Priyanka refused to commit. The man finally blurted out, “Pick a damn side! What are you, Switzerland?” Her indecisiveness was real, but so was her global taste.

Then came the knockout moment. The final round: hot dogs vs. vada pav. Without flinching, Priyanka dropped the bomb, “Hot dog.” That’s when the chaos peaked. The host dramatically clutched his metaphorical pearls and shouted, “What a ghori ghori horror story!” Twitter caught fire, fans laughed, and the internet did what it does best, debated. Some took it as betrayal. Others called it real. Priyanka just laughed it off, adding, “Hot dogs are my weakness.”

This wasn’t just about food, it was about identity, diaspora, and how being desi has no one definition. Priyanka isn’t trying to pass a cultural test; she’s just being herself. One minute she’s craving vada pav, the next it’s a hot dog. And honestly? That’s the reality for many Indians living across borders. Desi doesn’t come with a menu.