[Sca-cooks] Moghul Food
David Friedman
ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Wed Jun 7 09:21:50 PDT 2006
> Drakey wrote:
>
>>
>> I vaguely remember someone mentioning a book that was recently published.
>> Anyone remember what it was and the quality/authenticity of the recipes?
>
>You are probobly thinking of the Nimatanama of the Sultan of Madu,
>the details of which have already been posted. Another reliable
>source for Moghul food is are the recipie-like things in the
>'Ain-i-Akbari which can be found here:
>http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=00702051&ct=49
>which provide us with a total of thirty dishes. The main limitation
>is that we are told what the dish is called and what goes into it,
>but not how it is cooked.
>
>-Katherine/Asma
Note that in addition to the 30 ingredient lists, the book also
contains instructions for making bread and for distilling arrack. The
bread can be done as a frying pan bread, which is convenient for SCA
camping purposes.
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David/Cariadoc
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