News India Live, Digital Desk: Samosa origin: Although nowadays it has become common to have samosas in breakfast and birthday parties, but many people like to eat samosas. In the morning or evening, eating samosas with tea is its own fun. If guests come to your house, then it comes to your mind first to bring samosas from a nearby shop, because samosas are liked by everyone, whether they are children or big. But do you know how Samosa became an integral part of our Indian cuisine? So the question is what is the history of samosas and where did it come from? This crisp, spicy and delicious samosa is easily available everywhere. So let’s learn about our favorite samosas…
Everyone’s favorite samosa, its journey is also very interesting. Actually, our favorite Samosa reached India from the ancient Iranian Empire and in Persian it was known as Sambusag and later named Samosa.
History of samosas
Samosas was first mentioned in his book ‘Date-e-Bahaki’ by the 11th century Iranian historian Abul Fazal Baihaki. He mentioned a delicious dish filled with pickle and dry fruits that was grown in the royal court of the Ghaznavi Empire. Samosa was built in the 10th century in the Middle East Asia.
How did Samosa come to India?
Samosa is a dish that every Indian likes. Since its price is also low, a person of every class can easily buy and eat it. So let’s know how Samosa reached India. It is said that in the 13th-14th century, traders and Muslim invaders from Middle East Asia came to India and from here the story of samosas started in India. Writers like Amir Khusro and Ibn Batuta have also mentioned samosas in their writing.
Abul Fazal, the ruler of Delhi Sultanate, has also mentioned samosas in the list of royal cuisine in Aine-e-Akbari. Portuguese brought potatoes to India in the 17th century and potato samosas have been made since then. After coming to India, Indians started making samosas in their own way. Potatoes, salt and spices were filled in it and today Samosa has become every Indian’s favorite evening snack.
The story of Samosa is as interesting, Indians adopted it with love and respect and created their own Indian version of Samosas which has become everyone’s favorite today.
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