How Portuguese influenced foods in India?

Portuguese (the Indian Vindaloo dish is a result of the Portuguese).

Can one imagine India without Chili (Lal Mirch, Hari Mirch), Potatoes, or Tomatoes. These are among about 300 plants introduced to India by Portuguese.

In 1418, a small number of Portuguese entered a small town called Madeira, where they started to make the sweet port wine known as 'Madira'. In 1494, Pope Alexander VI assigned the ‘undiscovered’ lands east of the Atlantic to Portugal. Portuguese colonized Goa till 1961. It is believed that Portuguese introduced over 300 new plants to India.

Cayenne Pepper (Chili Pepper)

Today India is the world's largest producer of Cayenne pepper. California is #2.

Vinegar

India produced cane and palm vinegar before the arrival of Portuguese. However, the use was limited for medicinal purposes. Portuguese introduce vinegar in cooking (Vindaloo), and making pickles. What is the oldest spicy hot dish in Indian Cuisine?

White Potatoes

Potato became one of the major ingredient in making curries, snack foods such as Potato Tikiya, Pakora.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are the heart of almost al the North Indian curries.

Miscellaneous

Beets, Bell peppers, Carrots, Cashews, Cassava (pellets known as Sabudana), Cherries, Chicoos, Cocoa, Corn, Eucalyptus, Grapefruits, Guavas, Lima beans, Litchi, Peanuts, Papayas, Passion fruit, Pineapples, Pumpkins, Sage (Kammarkas), Strawberries, Sunflowers, Sweet potatoes, Tobacco, Yeast.

By the name one may think that Sitaphal (custard apple) is native to India. Custard apple was brought by Portuguese from South America.

Exports

From India, Portuguese took many plants to Americas specially: Cardamom, Coconut, Mango,  and Sugar cane.