Weird Histories of Indian Food | Parotta Act 

The history lessons I missed in school have come back to haunt me 💀

Bro Sambhaji Maharaj didn't creave for Dal, he craved for "Amty" which is a Maharashtrain dish made out of Dal, kokum for tangy taste. He couldn't find Kokum in Thanjavur so he used tamarind which was available widely

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The version of Sambhar story I heard was that when the city of Tanjore in Tamilnadu was ruled by Marathas, there was a shortage of grams for Dal that Marathis eat. The king ordered his chefs to find an alternative and thus Sambar was born

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Sambar comes from part of the world which is called Tamilnadu in the modern day India. It can be argued that the dish was part of the Tamil cuisine for a long time. The etymology of the word Sambar comes from the Tamil word Chaampu which means, ground paste or fine paste. So any curry made from a paste of ground spices and concoctions is technically Sambar or Kulambu (literally ‘Emulsion’). There are evidences which point to inscriptions from the early 15thCentury CE; which speaks of Chambaram and Amuthu (Rice). In fact the South East Asian Sambal dishes carry the same etymology. However the story behind the dish as we know it today as Sambar, is that it was created in the kitchens of the Thanjavur Maratha King, Shahuji in the 17th Century. King Shahuji had a special guest of honour at his court, and had wanted to prepare a feast. Marathas famous for being vegetarian, had planned on serving the traditional Maratha dish Amti. However, the royal cooks had ran out of Moong bean lentils and Kokum; which were the traditional ingredients needed to cook Amti. So they experimented with Toor lentil (Pigeon pea split lentils) and Tamarind pulp instead of Kokum; and also added ground Coconut and vegetables. Guess who was the guest of honour? It was the Maratha King Sambhaji, the son of Shivaji. Hence the newly created dish was named Sambar in the honour of the guest of the court, and the Maratha King. Why were the Marathas ruling Thanjavur? Well, that’s another story in itself. Thanjavur (Tanjore) was ruled for a while by King Vijayaragava of the Vijayanagar Empire; who was killed by Chokkanatha Nayak of Madurai later, and conquered the kingdom. He installed is brother Alagiri as the ruler of Thanjavur. Alagiri later threw away his allegiance to Chokkanatha and the Madurai Nayak kingdom; and eventually declared Thanjavur an independent kingdom. One of the sons of King Vijayaragava induced the Sultan of Bijapur to help him get back the throne of Thanjavur. The Sultan sent his army to conquer Thanjavur, under the Maratha General Venkoji. He overthrew Alagiri, seized Thanjavur, and made himself the King. Thus the Marathas started ruling over Thanjavur. So as you can see Sambar was a Tamil dish which was somewhat re-imagined and packaged in the Maratha royal court in Thanjavur edit: Some people are still arguing Sambar is Marathi so let me make it clear there is no dish equivalent to Sambhar in Marathi cuisine from old times. Their recipes for Sambhar from Dravidian languages that are older then Marathi's existence. And don't forget for most of Marathi kingdoms existence they were conquered by South Indian Kanndigas or Telugus. Sorry, the evidence points otherwise. The answer that is produced here is originally written as a comment on Sri Krishnama Ramadurai's answer to the above question. Various accounts of the making of sāmbār that appeared here on quora, similar items seen on the internet (an NDTV news item) and other featured items do not seem to have any trustworthiness. Connecting the name sāmbār to Sambha-ji and saying that sāmbār was invented as an accident by Sarabhoji II, the king of Tanjore is totally unfounded and baseless. It's all a folklore. It is not supported by proper evidence. It is described that rājā Sarabhoji cooked the dish to satisfy the royal entourage. As if he has nothing else to do. Then the dish was named sāmbā after the king Sambhaji in whose honour the dish was cooked. The rājā becomes a cook when the maharājā arrives sounds like grandmother's tale. And, the analogous names sāmbār and the maharājā's name Sambhā-ji gave for a smooth and humorous passing of the tale among the masses. One should realise that sāmbār is a native south indian dish available by different names and with different tastes in all the states of south India, probably among the pancha Dravidas, the Tamils (and Malayalies), Telugus, Kannadigas, Maharashtrians, and Gujaratis. In Telugu, it is an Avtar of pappuchāru or simply chāru 'lentil soup' which is different from rasam. In some districts chāru is rasam and pappuchāru is sāmbār. It's always different from kuzhambu which is more like pulusu, simply a cooked vegetables in gravy. Etymologically the word sāmbār is derived from sambhāram “Provisions, preparations, collection, supplies, constituents, ingredients, and requisites”. It’s common among south Indian kitchens to prepare chilli powder mixed with the south Indian culinary ingredients and keep ready to add to any dish. The same, when used with vegetables cooked in tamarind juice with lentil soup plus the sāmbhāra powder, gives the desired dish. This sāmbhāra powder is often prepared well in advance and stored or prepared as part of the dish. The ingredients include, the dry red chillies, The dry and split chick pea, split vigno mungo (minapa pappu), coriyander (dhaniyālu), cumin (jilakarra) mustard (avālu), black pepper corns (miriyālu), fenugreek seeds (mentulu), cinnamon (dālchinachekka), dry coconut (kobbari), asafoetida (inguva), curry leaf (karivepāku), turmeric powder (pasupu) etc. All in fresh roasted and grounded in proper ratio to get the best. Boil vegetables (onions (ulli), drumsticks (munaga or mulaga)) in a lentil soup mixed with tamarind juice with a dash of sufficient amount of sāmbār powder and let it simmer for ten minutes to make the dish ready. When there is the proper etymology available, why one should entertain a folk etymology? Consider the following Literary Sources from Telugu: The Telugu Etymological dictionary lists three entries on sāmbār: 1. sambāramu, sambāruvu, sambāru. A preparation, with salt, chilly powder, tamarind etc. seasoned with spices. upaskaraNa dravyam. A quotation cited from the literary work Bhimakhandam (1.60) by a famous Telugu poet of 14-15 c. AD. Telugu: “sambāramula tōḍi Sākapākamulatō pakvamaina pesarapapputōḍa … “, Gloss: sambhāras with vegetables_cooked with soup of greengram lentils Eng. Tr. ‘Of cooked vegetables, seasoned with spices of sambhāra with greengram lentil soup….’ 2. hamsavimshati 1.113 of 17 c. AD. Telugu literary work. 3. sambārubuḍḍi ’An earthen pot or a container for sambār material’. It is a summary from the entries printed in Telugu vyutpatti padakoSam (Telugu etymological dictionary), vol.8, 1995. Andhra Univ. publication (Ed. L. Chakradhara Rao). The word sambārubuḍḍi ‘a tall and narrow pot’ to store ingredients of sambar in the Telugu houses also occurs in a traditional children’s song. The lyrics are here. dāguḍumūtalu danḍākōr ‘hide and seek’ you stubborn’ pillī vacce elukā dāge ‘the cat is around and the rat is in hiding’ ekkaḍi dongalu akkaḍe ‘thieves, wherever they are’ gapcip sambārubuḍḍi. ‘keep quiet as the sambar pot’. Also ref. haravilāsamu Ch. 2.121 Srinatha of 14-15 c. AD. Telugu literary work. Also ref. āmuktamālyada, (Ch. 2.97), the Telugu literary work authored by the Emperor poet Sri Krishnadevarāya of 16 c. (1509-1529) AD. (translated by C.V. Ramachandra Rao into English) refers to sambar as “…tamarind together with sambāra condiments mixed in half with a treacle (a thick, sticky syrup made from partly refined sugar) and cummin seeds thoroughly cleaned…”. Does anyone need more evidence for the antiquity of sambar in the Telugu/Tamil homes

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7:23 Next part can be a continuation of some one in the background asking where the dosa came from. We can have America calling it crepe or whatever

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The story I heard is that he wanted Amti which is a sweet and sour Maharashtrian dal made with tamarind and jaggery. The cook tried to recreate the dish but made use of local ingredients which created a slightly different but delicious dish.

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So the Maharashtrian dal or aamti as we call it, has dried kokum for sourness. But when they tried to recreate that in the south, they added tamarind since they couldn't find kokums. That's the story I've read.