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history of food

Video: Did the idli originate within or outside the Indian subcontinent?

Name: Video: Did the idli originate within or outside the Indian subcontinent?
Uploaded: 2018-03-30T07:00:40.739081+05:30
Channel: Ramakrishnan M
Description: The dish is first mentioned in a 10th century Kannada text but could actually have been invented much earlier by Indonesian chefs under the Chola empire.

The dish is first mentioned in a 10th century Kannada text but could actually have been invented much earlier by Indonesian chefs under the Chola empire.

Ramakrishnan M

Mar 30, 2018 · 07:00 am

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