Samosas Aren’t From India…Wait, What? | Beyond the Menu

Have you ever wondered about the delicious samosa – the perfect starter to any Indian meal? We discovered that this bite-size street food has an epic history and it starts, not in India, but beyond the subcontinent. Samosas became such a crowd pleaser that even a famous Emperor was enamored by them. The amazing thing about the samosa you enjoy today is that it's only one of the many iterations that exist around the world.

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Thanks to ‪@ChefHetal‬ , author of the cookbook ‘Milk and Cardamom’ for sharing her story and showing us how to make Gujarati-style samosas.

📖 Chapters:
0:00 Where do samosas come from?
0:40 MasterChef contestant Hetal Vasavada’s take on the samosa
1:11 The melting pot that is the Indian state of Gujarat
1:34 Samosa’s journey to India
1:57 The Ni'matnāmah Naṣir al-Dīn Shāhī, or “Book of Delights”.
2:30 What happened when samosa traveled around the world
3:00 How did potatoes find their way into the Indian samosa?
3:40 What do spices have to do with the samosa?
3:57 What is hing / asafoetida?
4:31 What is Ayurveda and what does it have to do with food?
6:56 What is ghee?
8:31 Apple butter chutney, the quintessential Indian American assimilation dish

Read more:
Hetal Vasavada’s samosa recipe: https://milkandcardamom.com/2020/05/1...

The Story of the Samosa: https://www.baytalfann.com/post/the-s...

This story about samosa's origin will break your heart: https://recipes.timesofindia.com/arti...
break-your-heart/pThe Story of the Samosahotostory/62220155.cms?picid=62220231

The story of India as told by a humble street snack: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-365...

TBI Food Secrets: Unravelling the Fascinating History of the Samosa, India’s Favourite Street Snack: https://www.thebetterindia.com/80824/...

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About Beyond The Menu:
The story of the food on your plate is more than just the recipe. Each ingredient and every cooking technique goes back hundreds if not thousands of years, traversing the globe on a wildly delicious cross-cultural adventure. In KQED’s new digital food series Beyond The Menu, host Cecilia Phillips interviews chefs, authors, and other experts to dig up surprising facts on the cultural pathways of some of our most-loved dishes. It’s a history show, it’s a mystery series, it’s a celebration of multicultural cuisine, sometimes it’s even a science program, all set against the backdrop of mouth-watering food cinematography.

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