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Post by Guest Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:50 pm

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/open-page-the-tale-of-the-idli/article6843033.ece

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Post by Merlot Daruwala Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:56 pm

"To avoid all such confusion regarding what is halaal or haraam in food, they began to make rice balls as it was easy to make and was the safest option available. After making the rice balls, they would slightly flatten them and eat with bland coconut paste"

Hardly sounds authentic, leave alone like an idli.
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Post by Guest Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:41 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:"To avoid all such confusion regarding what is halaal or haraam in food, they began to make rice balls as it was easy to make and was the safest option available. After making the rice balls, they would slightly flatten them and eat with bland coconut paste"

Hardly sounds authentic, leave alone like an idli.

This is the last sentence of the article at the link:


Later it was improved upon, and from the 8th century onwards, the idli in its modern avatar came into existence

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Post by Merlot Daruwala Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:49 am

Rashmun wrote:
Merlot Daruwala wrote:"To avoid all such confusion regarding what is halaal or haraam in food, they began to make rice balls as it was easy to make and was the safest option available. After making the rice balls, they would slightly flatten them and eat with bland coconut paste"

Hardly sounds authentic, leave alone like an idli.

This is the last sentence of the article at the link:


Later it was improved upon, and from the 8th century onwards, the idli in its modern avatar came into existence

Ya, but rice balls, I imagine were consumed in all rice-growing regions. It's the most naturally intuitive way of consuming that grain. So to claim that the Arabs taught us to eat rice balls sounds more Arab self-aggrandizement than any scholarly opinion (notwithstanding those references cited in that story).
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