2006-08-07 23:02:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The hungry man who opened the hot idly cooker found idly in it.
2006-08-08 05:06:36 · answer #1 · answered by Newme 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The word idli orignates from the two Tamil words - "Ittu" + "Avi" (To lay and steam). Although the precise history of the modern idli is unknown, it is a very old food in southern Indian cuisine. The first mention of it in writings occurs ca. 920 A.D., and it seems to have started as a dish made only of fermented black lentil. One description ca. 1025 says the lentils were first soaked in buttermilk, and after grinding, seasoned with pepper, coriander, cumin and asafoetida. The king and scholar Someshwara III, reigning in the area now called Karnataka, included an idli recipe in his encyclopedia, the Manasollasa, written in Sanskrit ca. 1130 A.D. There is no known record of rice being added until some time in the 17th century. It may have been found that the rice helped speed the fermentation process. Although the idli changed in ingredients, the preparation process and the name remained the same.
2006-08-08 06:07:52 · answer #2 · answered by maxvijay2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Idly
2006-08-08 06:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by Precious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whoever ate it first. hehe. that was just a joke.
The idli is native to South India and is common in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
2006-08-08 06:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by capricarno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
madrasi's
2006-08-09 04:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by sanjay s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe MUNIYAMMA
2006-08-08 06:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by simi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DEFFINATELY NOT ME
2006-08-08 06:08:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
me.....................
2006-08-08 06:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by DoN-- i aM bACk iN ActION....... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋