New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again left the internet both amused and intrigued-- this time with a history lesson on one of South India's most beloved dishes, sambhar.

Speaking at the South Side Story festival, Tharoor was asked if he enjoyed Delhi's version of the dish. His answer quickly turned into a tale blending culinary history with a dash of humour.

"Look, you guys have to understand that sambhar was invented in the South because of the North," Tharoor began. "When the Marathas conquered Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu, they parked Sambhaji as a Maharaja there and he was missing his daal. We didn't have any of his daal stuff in South India, so the cooks tried to approximate something for him that they thought m...