Do-piyaza, blood-spitting paan, camels — The ‘bizarre’ food of Mughals in Western travelogues
Sunday, February 9, 2020 IST
In 'Tasting Difference', Gitanjali Shahani writes about the Mughal foods and traditions that early Western travellers considered 'ugly' and disturbing.
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