[Sca-cooks] Moghul Food

[Elaine Koogler]

tom.vincent at yahoo.com wrote:

>Not 'Mongol'...'Moghul'.  Persia/Afghanistan/India.  Lots of cookbooks from there.
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>From: Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9:05:59 AM
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Moghul Food
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>Craig Jones wrote:
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>>Just a quickie,
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>>Was talking with a wonderful chap in my Barony just now over dinner and he
>>expressed a desire to research and cook Moghul style. 
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>>I vaguely remember someone mentioning a book that was recently published.
>>Anyone remember what it was and the quality/authenticity of the recipes?  
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>>Drakey.
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>Not sure about recently, but probably the best book is "A Soup for the 
>Qan", with a translation of the /Yin-shan cheng-yao/, a 14th century 
>treatise on health and food.  However, it is excruciatingly expensive, 
>so you might try getting it on InterLibrary Loan.  IIRC, you are in 
>Lochac, so this might be difficult from where you are.  There is another 
>book out on Mongol Court cooking, but it's not all that great...the 
>recipes are fine, but I'm not comfortable with their being 
>period...there are no original recipes in the book, just modern versions.
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>Hope this helps!
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>Kiri
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Sorry...I misread what was asked.
 
I acquired an excellent book on Moghul foods, etc. a little while 
back..."The /Ni'matnama /Manuscript  of the Sultans of 
Mandu"...otherwise known as the Sultan's Book of Delights.  It's not all 
food, but does have a number of recipes in it.  It also has paintings 
from the ms. which illustrate, among other things, cooking techniques.  
I have thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Hope this helps...

Kiri