Topic started by ananda (@ 212.232.176.18) on Fri Dec 14 08:47:53 .
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do any one know about the history of idly/vada/dosa and other south indian dishes?

which are tamil dishes? which are andhra dishes and which are kannada??

who invented sambar - telugus..? tamils..?? and when..??

Responses:

• From: Ramadas (@ globalb3.citicorp.com) on: Sat Dec 15 19:23:12
  
  When you are hungry and the food is tasty who thinks of history? All these are basically "Draavidan" dishes. One of the earliest civilizations in earth. They were there before the
  Aryan's came thru the Khyber pass into India.
  Tamil was the earliest language existing. Therefore we can say they are Tamilian food. Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages came later as people mixed more with Aryans. All these people are basically Draavidans. So we in South India are surely united by Food.
  
  
• From: ananda (@ 212.232.176.18) on: Thu Dec 27 04:46:04
  
  some one tell about the vareities of "dosa"- for example andhra has a special - "pesaraTTu"! and tell about the roots of different dosas!!
  
  
• From: Radhu (@ 19.chicago-22rh16rt.il.dial-access.att.net) on: Wed Feb 6 11:49:23
  
  Hi hope you are verymuch interested in the food history. Thanks got some information through you. bye
  
  
• From: aravind v t (@ 203.115.109.29) on: Tue Feb 12 05:07:40
  
  i luv idly-vada-sambar
  
  
• From: Satan (@ 203.30.131.16) on: Thu Apr 11 23:50:10
  
  Satan is farting on this topic. Dravidans do not know anything, everything were leart from Aryans.
  
  
• From: Annam (@ pcp01174790pcs.roylok01.mi.comcast.net) on: Fri Apr 12 20:31:41
  
  hi
  
  this is a story I had heard from someone..
  
  Idli is around 800 yrs old.
  It was first known as "Ittu Avi", pour it (or
  put it) and then steam it. It later turned
  (maruviyathu) into ittavi and then into ittali.
  Am not sure whether this is the correct one..
  but it seems believable...
  
  Dosai?? I have no idea.. I'm eager if anyone
  knows.
  
  
• From: Sheker K. (@ 202.71.145.204) on: Sat Jun 1 23:55:47
  
  Dear Ananda,
  K. T. Acchayya, a culinary historian has published a few books on the origins of a lot of Indian cuisine. May be youwill find something there.
  Sheker
  
  
• From: Ramakrishna (@ pool0406.cvx25-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net) on: Mon Jun 10 02:45:09
  
  As I understand, potaotes, tomatoes, chillis and even onions (not too sure) are New World vegetables. Therefore masala dosai cannot be more than a couple of hundred years old because these must have come to India through Europeans (mostly British and Portuguese i guess).
  
  Same goes for most North Indian items. Can you think of any N. Indian dish that doesnt have any of the above?
  
  

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