In this episode, the 2Gs, our Gourmands and Geeks Sadaf and Archit are exploring the cuisine of Rampur; one of India's lesser-known cuisines, with Dr. Tarana Hussain Khan, writer and cultural historian. They discuss:

What differentiates Rampur cuisine from Mughal, Awadh, Deccan, and others?
Royal and commoners’ food of Rampur
Project Forgotten Food: A project on the forgotten foods of India such as  heritage rice
Rampur’s popular ‘Taar Gosht Korma’ and various kinds of halwas, including sohan and Gosht
What was Rampur’s Jashn-e-Benazir?
The unique recipes that Nawabs used to enjoy

So, sit back and relax, and let’s travel back to the Nawabi Era to get a whiff of cuisine through this podcast, while you bite into some sohan halwa.


Important links to geek out more:

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Book: Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan
Book: The Begum and the Dastan by Tarana Husain Khan
Book: Desi Delicacies edited by Claire Chambers
Article: Tracing Rampur’s History from Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan
Article: Each box of halwa sohan in Rampur tells stories of lost food legacies by Tarana Husain Khan

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Archit Puri: @thehustlingglutton


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