[Sca-cooks] Pakistan
Robert Downie
rdownie at mts.net
Sun Jul 23 18:39:30 PDT 2006
Stephanie Ross wrote:
>Ok, speaking of different cultures' food, I have made friends recently with
>a woman from Pakistan. Pakistan was northern India during the Middle Ages
>and up to about 60 yrs. ago, right? She is amused by the fact I am very
>interested in learning about the food of her culture, and she said she will
>teach me how she makes roti (chapati) and some rice dishes very soon. Are
>there any medieval manuscripts for her area of the world I can introduce
>her to?
>
>
>~Aislinn~
>
There is the recently published Nimatnama Manuscript of the Sultans of
Mandu, translated by Nora M. Titley
It's a late 15th C Central Indian cookbook. It's fairly expensive, so
she may want to check it out at the library.
Faerisa
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