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Shivangi Pandey July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 1857, Awadh, Batla Housse, Bengal, Biryani, Biryani or Pulao, Calcutta, Calcutta Biryani, Cuisine, cuisine history, food history, food lovers, heritage of food, history of biryani, Jamia Nagar Biryani, Kolkata, Kolkata Biryani, Lady Brabourne College, Lucknow, Mughal, Nawab, Persian, potato biryani, potato history, pulao, Real Biryani, Wajid Ali Shah

THE ALLURE OF A BIRYANI WITH ALOO: KOLKATA BIRYANI

In my previous articles in the series I had paved my way through some dishes with unparalleled heritage. This piece

Shivangi Pandey June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Almond, Bake, Bakery, BHU, Biscuit, Biskoot, China, Chowder Singh, Cuisine, Delhi, Dutch, Food, Guajarat, Heritage, Indian Bakery, JNU, Naankhatai, Nankhatai, Parsi, Surat

NANKHATAI: THE QUINTESSENTIAL DESI BISKOOT

When I was a little girl, my father would fondly tell me about his childhood shenanigans. He would often mention

Shivangi Pandey June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 #History, Awadhi Cuisine, Cuisine, Double ka meetha, Food, Heritage, Hyderabadi Cuisine, Indian Cuisine, Indian Sweets, Khana Khazana, Kolkata Cuisine, Mughlai Cuisine, Muslim Cuisine, Nawab, Old delhi, Royal Sweets, Sanjeev Kapoor, Shahi Tukda, Sweet-tooth, Sweets, Vikas Khanna

‘SHAHI TUKDA’: THE PERFECT DESSERT TO WARM THE COCKLES OF YOUR HEART

In this day and age of patisseries and bakeries, we often tend to disparage our desi desserts and prefer Western