About the Book: Forgotten Foods: Memories and Recipes from Muslim South Asia
This second volume in the 'Forgotten Food series, originally launched by
Scroll.in, expands the projects horizons by bringing into its corpus essays and
recipes from regions, households and food cultures previously unexplored by the
group, like Keralas Moplah community, Manipurs Pangal community, the cuisine of
Ladakhi Muslims, the significance of Kashmiri home food, Sri Lankas distinct
Malay cuisine, the history of the Kolkata biryani and the Hyderabadi nahari,
Afghan food in Berlin, the legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faizs culinary habits as
recounted by his daughter, among many other literary treats.
Curated by Tarana Husain Khan, and