[Sca-cooks] Medieval Indian food

[Jim and Andi Houston]

NEW INDIAN STUFF YAYAYAYAYAYYYY!

I have the Nimatnama, have redacted several dozen dishes, done a couple of artsci projects and a feast out if it. 

The other one is completely new to me!

Madhavi

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Recipes are promised in future installments:

'Two Culinary works from Medieval Ujjaini The N’imatnama Manuscript  of the Sultan Ghiyath Shahi of Mandu (1469 AD to
1500 AD) and Kshemakuthuhalam  by Kshema Sarma are two wonderful medieval culinary manuscripts of this  region.  The N’imatnama or Book of Delights consists of recipes for food  and drink, for the distillation and preparation of perfumes and essences, and  also for aphrodisiacs and remedies for illnesses. Written in a mix of Urdu and  Farsi the book also contains fifty miniature paintings depicting Sultan Ghiyath  Shahi, his companions, slaves, cooks, and attendants either preparing a dish or  betel leaves or perfumes or going hunting. After Akbar’s defeat of Sultan of  Mandu the manuscript was in the possion of the Mughal library (indicated by an  inscription on one folio and a Mughal period seal) and later at the library of  Tippoo Sultan of Mysore before reaching the India office collection of the  British  Library."
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Jim  Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

A History of Coffee and Other Refreshments  in Early Modern France by Pierre Le Grand d'Aussy 
 
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