29: What they cooked in Shah Jahan's Kitchen, with Salma Yusuf Husain
Food Historian Salma Yusuf Husain and says that if Shah Jahan were to visit a Mughlai Restaurant today, he would die (again) at the sight of it. What they serve us now in the name of Mughlai food, she says, is nothing like what one would find in the emperor's kitchen. In this episode, she takes us through the wondrous kitchen of the Mughal emperor, talks about the surprising dishes that the Mughal's gave us, cooking tips that we can learn from the 17th century chefs and shares nuggets from her latest book, The Mughal Feast: Recipes from the Kitchen of Emperor Shah Jahan.
