[Sca-cooks] Medieval Indian food
Jim and Andi Houston
jimandandi at cox.net
Mon Apr 1 19:58:14 PDT 2013
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
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A History of Coffee and Other Refreshments in Early Modern France by Pierre Le Grand d'Aussy
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