Heart Breaking ! Three Indian cuisines which are not Indian  

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – We Indians are proud of our exquisite cuisines and vivid recipes and love to flaunt wherever we go. No matter where we are we will find some desi tadka even in videshi food. Indians still prefer Indian cooking styles with a focus on regional food, even while eating out.

But do you know some foods, which we proudly term as ‘Indian food’ are not actually Indian. Foods like samosa, gulab-jamun, which are favourite in Indian household belong to different countries. Though these foods taste very Indian, but they have huge foreign influence.

1. Jalebi

Are your screaming loudly by now? We are, because this is simply unbelievable. How can one half of the awesome duo of rabri-jalebi not be Indian? But it actually is! Jalebi originates in the Middle East, where it is still referred to as zulbia. And we’re not the only nation which has been conquered by this dish, because it’s quite popular in North and East African countries as well.

2. Gulab jamun

How’s this even possible? We actually have gulab jamun as offerings to Hindu deities and it’s a sweet we mostly share on festive occasions. Gulab jamun was born in Persia, and its real name is luqmat-al-qadi.

But really, gulab jamun came to India from Persia or modern day Iran with our Muslim sultans and badshahs. The original Persian dish was called luqmat-al qadi, and the later name, gulab, actually comes from the two Persian words gul (flower) and ab (water).

3.Samosa

This one wouldn’t surprise many of us. Samosas first came with the Arab invaders in the tenth century, and stayed on to get adapted into the brilliant vegetarian dish that we love today.

Samosa came from the Middle East, but Indians invented the potato filling that now goes into it.

In the Middle East, samosa or sambusak is still prepared with a meat filling. But as Devdutt Pattanaik says, Indians, with the spicy potato filling, have really made this dish what it is.