In this episode, the 2Gs, our Gourmands and Geeks Sadaf and Archit are exploring the cuisine of Rampur; one of India's lesser-known cuisines, with Dr. Tarana Hussain Khan, writer and cultural historian. They discuss:

• What differentiates Rampur cuisine from Mughal, Awadh, Deccan, and others?


• Royal and commoners’ food of Rampur


• Project Forgotten Food: A project on the forgotten foods of India such as  heritage rice


• Rampur’s popular ‘Taar Gosht Korma’ and various kinds of halwas, including sohan and Gosht


• What was Rampur’s Jashn-e-Benazir?


• The unique recipes that Nawabs used to enjoy

So, sit back and relax, and let’s travel back to the Nawabi Era to get a whiff of cuisine through this podcast, while you bite into some sohan halwa.

Important links to geek out more:

1. Social Media | Instagram | Twitter


2. Book: Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan


3. Book: The Begum and the Dastan by Tarana Husain Khan


4. Book: Desi Delicacies edited by Claire Chambers


5. Article: Tracing Rampur’s History from Degh to Dastarkhwan by Tarana Husain Khan


6. Article: Each box of halwa sohan in Rampur tells stories of lost food legacies by Tarana Husain Khan

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Sadaf Hussain: @sadaf_hussain 

Archit Puri: @thehustlingglutton

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