Indian food faves that aren't Indian

[prasad1]

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Idli

IMAGE: Idli vada, idli sambhar -- but idli is not Indian.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Charulatha Rao

We would love to believe that idlis first came from Tamil Nadu. But food historians differ.
Idlis, they say, came from far off Indonesia.
From Indonesia the idli ventured to India.
Some food historians disagree. They contend that the idli arrived with Arab traders who landed in South India.
The Arabs, according to them, made meat balls of rice and flattened them. That was the first version of the idli.


http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/food-7-indian-food-faves-that-arent-indian/20170112.htm

 

[prasad1]

Samosa

IMAGE: Samosa=Persia?
Photograph: Jessica and Lon Binder/Flickr.com
The word samosa is derived from the Persian word 'sanbosag'.
Amir Khusrow, sufi musician, poet and father of Qawali music, first mentioned samosa as an eatable and he lived during the days of the Delhi sultanate.
Then samosas were filled with meat.
Over the centuries, the meat in samosas was often replaced with potatoes by Indians.
By the way potatoes too aren't from India.


http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/food-7-indian-food-faves-that-arent-indian/20170112.htm

 

[vgane]

Another attempt at belittling the South Indian tradition

 

[krish44]

Another attempt at belittling the South Indian tradition

Propagate to youngsters on social media to get mileage.lol

 

[Raji Ram]

......... Some food historians disagree. They contend that the idli arrived with Arab traders who landed in South India.
The Arabs, according to them, made meat balls of rice and flattened them. That was the first version of the idli. ......

What does 'meat balls of rice' mean?

Anyone can claim that anything 'flatten-from-a-ball' is the first version of idli!

BTW, 4 cups boiled rice, 1 cup urad dhal, half a cup of aval, washed and soaked together for about four hours, ground nicely

and left to ferment overnight, gives soft idlis! First day idlis will be slightly smaller but after keeping the dough in the fridge,

the idlis will be bigger in size on the following days. Tested and guaranteed for the past six months! :thumb: