In a pandemic collaboration across oceans, a rekhti performance about Rampur’s food and flavours

A text by 19th-century poet Mir Yar Ali ‘Jan Sahib’ is given new life by historians, archivists and dastangos.

Razak Khan

· Jul 10, 2021 · 11:30 am

Each box of halwa sohan in Rampur tells stories of lost food legacies

The halwa sold today is not the halwa of my childhood. It has been revised, adapted, diminished, like so many sweetmeats of times past.

Tarana Husain Khan

· Jun 05, 2021 · 11:30 am

Memories of my father Faiz Ahmed Faiz and our simple dal-chawal meals

Broadcaster Moneeza Hashmi remembers the quiet, unpretentious meals of her childhood.

Moneeza Hashmi

· May 01, 2021 · 11:30 am

In Allahabad, a festival celebrates the city’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb through food

Over the years, there have been myriad changes in the social life of Allahabad, but its love for food has stayed the same.

Samina Naqvi

· Apr 04, 2021 · 10:30 am

Every time Bengal loses a traditional rice variety, it loses a little bit of its culture

Old customs and foods no longer have the same meaning because the rice varieties associated with them are long gone.

Debal Deb

· Mar 06, 2021 · 11:30 am

This book shows there’s more to the cuisine of South Asian Muslims than rich, meaty food

‘Desi Delicacies’ challenges stereotypes and contradicts damaging ideas about the otherness of Muslims.

Claire Chambers

· Feb 06, 2021 · 11:30 am

A festival is reminding people that there’s more to Lucknow’s culinary culture than street food

Home cooks and heirloom recipes make the Sunday lunch at the Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival a unique affair.

Noor Khan

· Jan 09, 2021 · 11:30 am

In praise of Nabi Bux, the finest khansama in 1950s Sindh

He prepared the Western dishes in my grandfather’s home for 30 years. Anyone who tasted his exquisite food fell under his spell.

Bina Shah

· Dec 06, 2020 · 11:30 am

The real story of how qorma became the king of Indian curries

Plus an heirloom recipe for Awadhi Murgh Qorma.

Tarana Husain Khan

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Rana Safvi

· Nov 07, 2020 · 11:30 am

‘I’ve learned a lot from them’: A MasterChef contestant’s ode to India’s street food sellers

The rich think street food as cheap or just chaat. Neither could be further from the truth.

Sadaf Hussain

· Oct 03, 2020 · 11:30 am

As Irani cafes fade away in Mumbai, a British restaurant is reviving interest in them

The outrageously popular Dishoom evokes the Bombay Irani cafe of the 1960s.

Claire Chambers

· Sep 06, 2020 · 11:30 am

On Bakri-Eid, the opportunity to remember one’s obligations to the less fortunate

Reflections on festive food and meaning of charity.

Farah Yameen

· Aug 01, 2020 · 11:30 am